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<p><b>Alexander Wilson Drake</b> (* <a href="1843" title="1843">1843</a> in <a href="Westfield_(New_Jersey)" title="Westfield (New Jersey)">Westfield (New Jersey)</a>; † <a href="4._Februar" title="4. Februar">4. Februar</a> <a href="1916" title="1916">1916</a> in <a href="New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a>) war ein <a href="Vereinigte_Staaten" title="Vereinigte Staaten">US-amerikanischer</a> <a href="Holzstich" title="Holzstich">Holzstecher</a>, Autor, <a href="Kunstkritiker" title="Kunstkritiker">Kunstkritiker</a> und <a href="Kunstsammler" class="mw-redirect" title="Kunstsammler">Kunstsammler</a>.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Leben">Leben</h2></div>
<p>Alexander Wilson Drake, der Sohn von Isaac Payne Drake (1818–1900) und Charlotte <i>Osborne</i> Drake (1817–1903), erlernte das <a href="Holzstich" title="Holzstich">Holzstichhandwerk</a> bei John William Orr in New York City und besuchte dort die beiden Kunstschulen <a href="Cooper_Union" title="Cooper Union">Cooper Union</a> und <a href="National_Academy_Museum_and_School" title="National Academy Museum and School">National Academy of Design</a>, um dort unter anderem <a href="Malerei" title="Malerei">Malerei</a> zu studieren. Ab 1865 war Drake als Künstlerischer Leiter in den Redaktionen der Magazine <i><a href="Scribner%E2%80%99s_Magazine" title="Scribner’s Magazine">Scribner’s</a></i>, <i><a href="The_Century_Magazine" title="The Century Magazine">Century</a></i> und <i>St. Nicholas</i> tätig. Dies ermöglichte ihm als Sammler und <a href="Patronage" class="mw-redirect" title="Patronage">Patron</a> in New York City das Kennenlernen diverser Kunstschätze in Übersee: 1880 führten ihn Kunstreisen nach <a href="England" title="England">England</a>, <a href="Frankreich" title="Frankreich">Frankreich</a> und <a href="Italien" title="Italien">Italien</a>. 1890 folgte die Fahrt wiederum nach Europa mit Aufenthalten in <a href="Spanien" title="Spanien">Spanien</a> sowie Besuchen nach <a href="Algier" title="Algier">Algier</a> und <a href="Marokko" title="Marokko">Marokko</a>.
</p><p>Drake trat gegen Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts nicht nur als Kunstsachverständiger hervor. Er veröffentlichte zudem einige Kurzgeschichten und wenige Gedichte.
</p><p>Drake war dreimal verheiratet; erst mit Hilah Tanner Lloyd (1847–1885), dann mit deren Cousine Ann Lloyd (1854–1890) und schließlich mit Edith True. Mit seiner ersten Frau hatte er drei Töchter: Charlotte (1873–1874), Hilah (1877–1970) und Alice (1880–1963).
</p><p>Die letzte Ruhe fand Alexander Wilson Drake auf dem <a href="Newark_(New_Jersey)" title="Newark (New Jersey)">Newarker</a> Mount-Pleasant-Friedhof.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Werke_(Auswahl)"><span id="Werke_.28Auswahl.29"></span>Werke (Auswahl)</h2></div>
<dl><dt>Prosa und Lyrik</dt></dl>
<div class="sisterproject" style="margin:0.1em 0 0 0;"><div class="noviewer" style="display:inline-block; line-height:10px; min-width:1.6em; text-align:center;" aria-hidden="true" role="presentation"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Wikisource"></span></span></div><b><a href="https://de.wikisource.org/wiki/en:Century_Magazine/Volume_48/Issue_2/The_Loosened_Cord" class="extiw external" title="s:en:Century Magazine/Volume 48/Issue 2/The Loosened Cord">Wikisource: The Loosened Cord: A Midnight Story</a></b> – Quellen und Volltexte (englisch)</div>
<ul><li><i>Three midnight stories</i>. The Century Company, New York 1916 (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/threemidnightsto00drakrich/mode/1up">archive.org</a>)</li></ul>
<dl><dt>Sammlungen</dt></dl>
<ul><li><i>Mr. A. W. Drake's notable collection of brass and copper</i>. American Art Association, New York 1907 (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/mrawdrakesnotabl00amer/mode/1up">archive.org</a>)</li>
<li><i>Illustrated catalogue of Mr. A. W. Drake's famous collections of antique samplers and needlework, fragments of old printed chintz.</i> American Art Association, New York 1913 (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433084958960&view=1up&seq=7">HathiTrust</a>)</li>
<li><i>Antiques, curios and bric-a-brac</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>American Art Galleries</i>, New York 1917 (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/antiquescuriosbr00amer/mode/1up">archive.org</a>)</li></ul>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Mitbegründungen_und_Mitgliedschaften"><span id="Mitbegr.C3.BCndungen_und_Mitgliedschaften"></span>Mitbegründungen und Mitgliedschaften</h2></div>
<ul><li>Mitbegründer
<ul><li><a href="Grolier_Club" title="Grolier Club">Grolier Club</a></li>
<li>Aldine Club</li></ul></li>
<li>Mitglied
<ul><li>Century Association</li>
<li><a href="Players_Club" title="Players Club">Players Club</a></li>
<li>Architectural League</li>
<li>Municipal Art League of New York</li>
<li>Caxton Club of Chicago</li></ul></li></ul>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Literatur">Literatur</h2></div>
<ul><li>Clarence Clough Buel: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/threemidnightsto00drakrich/page/92/mode/2up">Alexander W. Drake</a> Kurzbiographie</li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6b27xcc">Alexander Wilson Drake</a> im SNAC</li>
<li>Todesnachricht vom 12. Februar 1916 in <i>American Art News</i><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>, Bd. 14 (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/jstor-25588811/mode/1up">archive.org</a>)</li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://artsandculture.google.com/entity/alexander-wilson-drake/m0281k92">Alexander Wilson Drake</a> bei <i><a href="Google_Arts_%26_Culture" title="Google Arts & Culture">Google Arts & Culture</a></i></li></ul>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Weblinks">Weblinks</h2></div>
<div class="sisterproject" style="margin:0.1em 0 0 0;"><div class="noresize noviewer" style="display:inline-block; line-height:10px; min-width:1.6em; text-align:center;" aria-hidden="true" role="presentation"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Commons"></span></span></div><b><span class=""><a class="external text" href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Alexander_Wilson_Drake?uselang=de"><span lang="en">Commons</span>: Alexander Wilson Drake</a></span></b> – Sammlung von Bildern</div>
<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://openlibrary.org/authors/OL2408369A">Werke von Alexander Wilson Drake</a> bei <a href="Open_Library" title="Open Library">Open Library</a></li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/search.php?query=subject%3A%22Drake%2C+Alexander+W.+%28Alexander+Wilson%29%2C+1843-1916%22">Alexander Wilson Drake</a> im <i>Internet Archive</i></li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://snaccooperative.org/view/42442380">Alexander Wilson Drake</a> bei <a href="Social_Networks_and_Archival_Context" title="Social Networks and Archival Context">SNAC</a></li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?159266">Alexander Wilson Drake</a> in der <i><a href="Internet_Speculative_Fiction_Database" title="Internet Speculative Fiction Database">Internet Speculative Fiction Database</a></i></li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/150694560">Alexander Wilson Drake</a> in der Datenbank <a href="Find_a_Grave" title="Find a Grave">Find a Grave</a><span style="display:none">Vorlage:Findagrave/Wartung/Gleiche Kenner im Quelltext und in Wikidata</span><span style="display:none">Vorlage:Findagrave/Wartung/Wirkungslose Verwendung von Parameter 2</span></li></ul>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Einzelnachweise">Einzelnachweise</h2></div>
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<li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-1">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="Bric-%C3%A0-Brac" title="Bric-à-Brac">Bric-à-Brac</a></span>
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<li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-2">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/journal/amerartnews">American Art News</a></span>
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