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William Rankin

active early 20th century

Biographyfound nothing in ULAN, LCNAF, or on Google
corresponded with ISG 1906-1918
I.S. 1/3/2018

Wrote a letter in The Nation (July-December 1907, Vol. 85, No. 2196, pp. 97-98) about Verrocchio (accessible on Google Books: https://books.google.com/books?id=Phw4AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA98&lpg=PA98&dq=william+rankin+richmond+massachusetts&source=bl&ots=k_qg5oAed1&sig=ACfU3U0BZ_RJash1R3gvIcnm6QIkbdD4sQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiy1-bstOThAhUySN8KHek8AjMQ6AEwA3oECAcQAQ#v=onepage&q=william%20rankin%20richmond%20massachusetts&f=false)

Rankin also wrote an essay on Cassone fronts, in which he cites the cassone F16w2: William Rankin. "Cassone Fronts in American Collections." The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs, vol. 9 (1906), p. 288. (as by Falconetto). M Phelps 4/22/19

NOTE: This is a different person from the artist William B.E. Ranken, whose correspondence we also have in the collection. MP 4/22/19

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