A Caricature and Portrait of Osgood Perkins (1892-1937)

Classification: 
DRAWINGS
Highlight: 
Not promoted
Date: 
1936
Medium: 
Graphite on notepad paper
Dimensions: 
Overall: 7 x 5 in. ( 17.8 x 12.7 cm )
Description: 
Portrait
Credit Line: 
Gift of the Family of William Henry Walker
Object Number: 
1990.1.208
Marks: 
signature, date and inscription: lower left: "WmHWalker / Feb 25/36 / Osgood Perkins"
Inscriptions: 
Signed and inscribed at lower left in graphite: "Wm H Walker / Feb 25/36"; signed by sitter at lower left: "Osgood Perkins"
Gallery Label: 
A film actor, Perkins appeared in about twenty movies, including "Scarface," "The President Vanishes," and "Gold Diggers of 1937."
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1936
eMuseum Object ID: 
45139
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Portrait of Guido Schutzendorf (1880-1967)

Classification: 
DRAWINGS
Highlight: 
Not promoted
Date: 
1930
Medium: 
Graphite on paper
Dimensions: 
Overall: 5 7/8 x 3 5/8 in. ( 14.9 x 9.2 cm )
Description: 
Portrait
Credit Line: 
Gift of the Family of William Henry Walker
Object Number: 
1990.1.111
Marks: 
signature and date: lower left: "W.H.W. / Jan '30" inscriptions: lower right: "Guido Schutzendorf / Schutzendorf"
Inscriptions: 
Signed and inscribed at lower left in graphite: "W.H.W. / Jan '30"; at lower right: "Schutzendorf"; signed by sitter in graphite at lower center: "Guido Schutzendorf"
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1930
eMuseum Object ID: 
45138
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Portrait of Maurice Evans (1901-1989)

Classification: 
DRAWINGS
Highlight: 
Not promoted
Date: 
1937
Medium: 
Graphite on notepad paper
Dimensions: 
Overall: 7 x 5 in. ( 17.8 x 12.7 cm )
Description: 
Portrait
Credit Line: 
Gift of the Family of William Henry Walker
Object Number: 
1990.1.225
Marks: 
signature and date: lower left: "Wm H Walker / D. T. Club Feb 23/37" inscriptions: lower right: "Maurice Evans / MAURICE EVANS / 'KING RICHARD II'"
Inscriptions: 
Signed and inscribed at lower left in graphite: "Wm H Walker / D. T. Club Feb 23/37"; at lower right: "MAURICE EVANS / 'KING RICHARD II'"; signed by sitter at lower right: "Maurice Evans"
Gallery Label: 
The subject, an English-born actor, was brought to the United States by Katharine Cornell to play Romeo opposite her Juliet in 1936. He became a naturalized citizen in 1941.
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1937
eMuseum Object ID: 
45137
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Portraits of Nathan Milstein (1904-1992) and H. H. Taubman (?)

Classification: 
DRAWINGS
Highlight: 
Not promoted
Date: 
1936
Medium: 
Graphite on notepad paper
Dimensions: 
Overall: 7 x 5 in. ( 17.8 x 12.7 cm )
Description: 
Portrait
Credit Line: 
Gift of the Family of William Henry Walker
Object Number: 
1990.1.207
Marks: 
signature and date: lower left: "Wm H Walker / Dutch Treat / Mar 31/36" inscriptions: upper right: "H. H. Taubman" and lower right: "NMillstein / NATHAN MILSTEIN / Russian violinist"
Inscriptions: 
Signed and inscribed at lower left in graphite: "Wm H Walker / Dutch Treat / Mar 31/36"; at upper right: "H. H. Taubman"; at lower right: "NATHAN MILSTEIN / Russian violinist"; signed by Milstein at lower center: "N Milstein"
Gallery Label: 
Milstein was a Russian-born violinist. He became a U.S. citizen in 1943 and was a recipient of the Kennedy Center Award for Lifetime Achievement in 1987.
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1936
eMuseum Object ID: 
45136
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Portrait of Peregrine F. M. Fellowes (1883-1955)

Classification: 
DRAWINGS
Highlight: 
Not promoted
Date: 
1933
Medium: 
Graphite on notepad paper
Dimensions: 
Overall: 7 1/8 x 5 5/16 in. ( 18.1 x 13.5 cm )
Description: 
Portrait
Credit Line: 
Gift of the Family of William Henry Walker
Object Number: 
1990.1.168
Marks: 
signature and date: lower left: "Wm HWalker / D. T. OCT-24/33" inscriptions: lower left: "Gotham Hotel." and lower right: "Peregrine F.M.Fellowes / Commodore / P.F.M. Fellowes"
Inscriptions: 
Signed and inscribed at lower left in graphite: "Wm H. Walker / D. T. OCT -- 24/33 / GOTHAM HOTEL. COMMODORE / P. F. M. Fellowes"; signed by sitter at lower right: "Peregrine F. M. Fellowes"
Gallery Label: 
A British air ministry official, Commodore Fellowes was the first man to fly over Mount Everest.
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1933
eMuseum Object ID: 
45135
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Profile Portrait of Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962)

Classification: 
DRAWINGS
Highlight: 
Not promoted
Date: 
1931
Medium: 
Graphite on paper
Dimensions: 
Overall: 6 15/16 x 5 5/16 in. ( 17.6 x 13.5 cm )
Description: 
Portrait
Credit Line: 
Gift of the Family of William Henry Walker
Object Number: 
1990.1.133
Marks: 
inscription: lower right: "F Kreisler" ?
Inscriptions: 
Signed by sitter at lower right in graphite: "F. Kreisler"
Gallery Label: 
Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962) was an Austrian-born violinist and composer. He moved to the United States in 1939 and became a citizen in 1943.
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1931
eMuseum Object ID: 
45134
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

An Unexpected Caller

Classification: 
DRAWINGS
Highlight: 
Not promoted
Medium: 
Graphite and watercolor on beige paper
Dimensions: 
Overall: 11 1/2 x 13 7/8 in. ( 29.2 x 35.2 cm )
Credit Line: 
Gift of the Estate of Harry A. Ogden
Object Number: 
1936.875
Marks: 
inscriptions: Signed bottom right: H.A. Ogden.
Inscriptions: 
Signed at lower right in graphite: "H.A. Ogden"
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
0
eMuseum Object ID: 
45116
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Detail of the Ceiling and a Chandelier of the Old Metropolitan Opera House

Classification: 
DRAWINGS
Highlight: 
Not promoted
Date: 
1966-84
Medium: 
Reddish brown ink on oiled tan vegetable fiber paper
Dimensions: 
Overall: 23 3/8 x 73 in. ( 59.4 x 185.4 cm )
Description: 
The drawing records a section of the ornate architectural ceiling of the now-destroyed landmark building in the Italian Renaissance revival style (1883 by Josiah Cleveland Cady) and a chandelier.
Credit Line: 
Gift of an anonymous donor
Object Number: 
2001.160
Inscriptions: 
Inscribed and signed at lower left in reddish brown ink: "Detail / 'Old Met. Opera House, N.Y.C.' / E. Lee Spruyt c[in circle] 1984"
Gallery Label: 
The drawing preserves part of the ceiling of the Italian Renaissance Revival style Old Metropolitan Opera House by Josiah Cleveland Cady. Until its destruction in 1966, the building was located at Broadway and 39th Street.
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1984
eMuseum Object ID: 
45115
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Ruins of the Claudian Aqueduct, Roman Campagna, Italy: Preparatory Drawing for "Roman Aqueduct"

Classification: 
DRAWINGS
Highlight: 
Not promoted
Date: 
c. 1861-62
Medium: 
Graphite and gray wash on off-white paper squared, numbered, and traced with a blunt instrument for transfer; verso rubbed with charcoal for transfer
Dimensions: 
Overall: 7 7/8 x 17 13/16 in. (20 x 45.2 cm)
Description: 
Landscape: Preparatory drawing for panoramic landscape dotted with ruins of ancient arcaded structures; superimposed grid and color notations.
Object Number: 
INV.14909
Marks: 
inscriptions: on back: "28. / T. H. Hotchkiss / Roman Campagna"
Inscriptions: 
Multiple color annotations; verso inscribed at upper left in graphite: T.H. Hotchkiss / Roman Compagna
Provenance: 
Estate of Thomas Hiram Hotchkiss; Asher B. durand and Family; Lucy Durand Woodman, Orange, New Jersey
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1869
eMuseum Object ID: 
45114
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Powder Horn: The Yorktown (R-77), Two Sides Depicted, with a Vignette View of Yorktown, Virginia, and Portrait Vignettes of General DeGrasse, Count Rochambeau, King Louis XVI of France, and George Washington, in Silhouette, copy after Samuel Folwell

Classification: 
DRAWINGS
Highlight: 
Not promoted
Date: 
1890
Medium: 
Watercolor, brown and black ink and wash, gouache, and graphite with selective glazing on beige paper laid on paper
Dimensions: 
Overall: 11 x 14 9/16 in. ( 27.9 x 37 cm )
Description: 
Military
Credit Line: 
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Object Number: 
1907.36.256
Marks: 
inscriptions: Signed bottom center: Rufus A. Grider of Canajoharie N.Y. / Sketched at Washington D.C. Dec.30, 1890.
Inscriptions: 
Signed and inscribed at lower center below horn in brown ink: "Rufus AGrider of Canajoharie N.Y. / Sketd at Washington Dec. 30 1890"; at lower right below vignette: "LOUIS / XVI KING / of FRANCE..."; below: "The YORKTOWN...", followed by a brief history of the horn; at middle right below vignette: "Silhouette / from life by Folwell / Commander in Chief / WASHINGTON"; at center between vignettes: "YORKTOWN in Virginia..."
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1890
eMuseum Object ID: 
45113
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

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