Portrait of Tito Schipa (1889-1965)
Classification:
Date:
1930
Medium:
Graphite on notepad paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 1/8 x 4 7/8 in. ( 18.1 x 12.4 cm )
Description:
Portrait
Credit Line:
Gift of the Family of William Henry Walker
Object Number:
1990.1.109
Marks:
inscription and date: lower center: "Tito Schipa / 1930"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed by sitter in graphite at lower center: "Tito Schipa / 1930"
Gallery Label:
The subject was an Italian-born opera singer. He joined New York's Metropolitan Opera Company in 1932 but stayed for only three seasons.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1930
eMuseum Object ID:
44377
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Profile Portrait of a Man in a Fez, Baba Kindai Amqoza Ibn...
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1930
Medium:
Graphite on card
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 7/16 x 4 5/8 in. ( 16.4 x 11.7 cm )
Description:
Portrait
Credit Line:
Gift of the Family of William Henry Walker
Object Number:
1990.1.107
Marks:
signature: lower left: "W.H.W."
inscription and date: lower right: "Dutch Treat / April 1st / 1930"
inscription: lower center to right: "Bata Kunda Amgoza Ibn [?] Bagolo"
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower left in graphite: "W.H.W"; inscribed at lower right: "Dutch Treat / April 1st / 1930"; signed by sitter at lower center: "Baba Kindai Amqoza Ibn [illegible]"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1930
eMuseum Object ID:
44376
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Portrait of Giovanni Martinelli (1885-1969)
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1930
Medium:
Graphite on notepad paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 3/16 x 4 7/8 in. ( 18.3 x 12.4 cm )
Description:
Portrait
Credit Line:
Gift of the Family of William Henry Walker
Object Number:
1990.1.105
Marks:
signature and date: lower left: "WHWalker / Apr 15/30"
inscription: lower right: "Martinelli / Met. Grand Opera Co."
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower left in graphite: "WHWalker / Apr 15/30"; inscribed at lower right: "Martinelli / Met. Grand Opera Co"
Gallery Label:
A native of Italy, Martinelli came to the United States in 1913. He became a leading tenor of New York's Metropolitan Opera Co., San Francisco Opera Association, Chicago City Opera Co., and St. Louis Opera Co.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1930
eMuseum Object ID:
44374
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Profile Portrait of Giovanni Martinelli (1885-1969)
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1930
Medium:
Graphite on notepad paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 1/8 x 4 7/8 in. ( 18.1 x 12.4 cm )
Description:
Portrait
Credit Line:
Gift of the Family of William Henry Walker
Object Number:
1990.1.106
Marks:
signature: lower left: "Wm H Walker"
inscription and date: lower right: "GMartinelli / April 15-1930"
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower left in graphite: "Wm. H. Walker"; signed by sitter at lower right: "GMartinelli / April 15 -- 1930"
Gallery Label:
A native of Italy, Martinelli came to the United States in 1913. He became a leading tenor of New York's Metropolitan Opera Co., San Francisco Opera Association, Chicago City Opera Co., and St. Louis Opera Co.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1930
eMuseum Object ID:
44375
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Profile Portrait of British Brigadier General Crozier
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1930
Medium:
Graphite on notepad tissue paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 x 4 9/16 in. ( 20.3 x 11.6 cm )
Description:
Portrait
Credit Line:
Gift of the Family of William Henry Walker
Object Number:
1990.1.104
Marks:
signature: lower left: "Wm. H. Walker"
inscription and date: lower right: "DUTCH TREAT / NOV. 18" 1930"
inscriptions: lower center: "[JP?] Grozier" and upper center: "BRIG. GEN. GROZIER - [BRITISH ARMY?] / "A BRASS HAT IN NO MAN'S LAND"
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower left in graphite: "Wm H.Walker"; inscribed at lower right: "DUTCH TREAT / Nov. 18'' 1930"; along upper edge: "BRIG. GEN. CROZIER -- BRITISH ARMY / 'A BRASS HAT IN NO MAN'S LAND' "; signed by sitter at lower center: "F.P.(?) Crozier"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1930
eMuseum Object ID:
44373
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Portrait of Ernestine Schumann-Heink (1861-1936)
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1930
Medium:
Graphite on notepad paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 1/8 x 4 7/8 in. ( 18.1 x 12.4 cm )
Description:
Portrait
Credit Line:
Gift of the Family of William Henry Walker
Object Number:
1990.1.102
Marks:
signature and date: lower right: "Wm H.Walker / OCT 14/30"
inscriptions: upper left: "Buckingham" ? and lower center: "Schumann Heink / SCHUMANN HEINK"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower right in graphite: "Wm.H.Walker / Oct 14/30 / SCHUMANN HEINK"; signed by sitter at lower center: "Schumann Heink"
Gallery Label:
An opera singer, born in Lieben, near Prague, in what was then Austro-Hungary, Schumann-Heink first performed with the Metropolitan Opera in New York on January 9, 1899.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1930
eMuseum Object ID:
44372
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Portrait of Hjalmar Schacht (1877-1970)
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1930
Medium:
Graphite on notepad paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 1/8 x 4 7/8 in. ( 18.1 x 12.4 cm )
Description:
Portrait
Credit Line:
Gift of the Family of William Henry Walker
Object Number:
1990.1.101
Marks:
signature: lower left: "Wm. H. Walker"
inscriptions and date: lower right: "[Dr?] Hjalmar Schacht / Dr. Hjalmar Schacht of / Germany / Oct 14/30"
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower left in graphite: "Wm. H.Walker"; at lower right: "Dr. Hjalmar Schacht of / Germany / Oct 14/30"; signed by sitter at lower right: "Hjalmar Schacht"
Gallery Label:
The subject, a financier and bank official, was born in Schleswig (now Denmark). He served as minister of economics under Adolf Hitler.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1930
eMuseum Object ID:
44371
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Profile Portrait of Alfred E. Smith (1873-1944)
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1930
Medium:
Graphite on notepad paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 1/8 x 4 7/8 in. ( 18.1 x 12.4 cm )
Description:
Portrait
Credit Line:
Gift of the Family of William Henry Walker
Object Number:
1990.1.100
Marks:
signature and date: lower left: "Wm HWalker / Dutch Treat / Mar 18/30"
inscription: lower right: "Alfred ESmith"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower left in graphite: "Wm HWalker / Dutch Treat / Mar 18/30"; signed by sitter at lower right: "Alfred E Smith"
Gallery Label:
A native of New York's lower East Side, Al Smith served in the New York State Assembly from 1904 to 1915, and was elected governor in 1919. He was nominated as the Democratic Party's presidential candidate in 1928 but lost the election to Herbert Hoover.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1930
eMuseum Object ID:
44370
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Profile Portrait of Count Felix von Luckner (1881-1966)
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1930
Medium:
Graphite on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 1/2 x 4 1/4 in. ( 16.5 x 10.8 cm )
Description:
Portrait
Credit Line:
Gift of the Family of William Henry Walker
Object Number:
1990.1.97
Marks:
signature: lower left: "W.H.W."
inscription and date: lower right: "Carry on by Joe - / Felix Count Luckner / Feb. 10. 30"
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower left in graphite: "W.H.W."; signed by sitter at lower center in graphite: "Carry on by Joe -- / Felix Count Luckner / Feb 10.30"
Gallery Label:
The subject was a German naval officer.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1930
eMuseum Object ID:
44369
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Profile Caricature of Count Felix von Luckner (1881-1966)
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1930
Medium:
Graphite on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 1/8 x 4 7/8 in. ( 18.1 x 12.4 cm )
Description:
Portrait
Credit Line:
Gift of the Family of William Henry Walker
Object Number:
1990.1.96
Marks:
inscription and date: lower right: "Thats me as a norwegian / skipper / Felix Count Luckner / Feb 10. 30"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed by sitter at lower center in graphite: "Thats me as a norwegian / skipper. / Felix Count Luckner / Feb 10.30"
Gallery Label:
The subject was a German naval officer.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1930
eMuseum Object ID:
44368
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pages
