Collection Highlights
The Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands
Date:
Object Number:
LIB.QH41.C26.1974
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Bishop William T. Manning (1866-1949)
Object Number:
2008.43.2
Date:
1936
Medium:
Charcoal, white chalk and graphite on tan paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 21 1/8 x 19 1/8 in. (53.7 x 48.6 cm)
Inscriptions:
Signed (with estate stamp, at lower left): S.J.Woolf
Inscribed (at lower right): Times/1936; (on the back): L.3596.15 [museum loan
number]
Signed (by the subject, at center): William T. Manning
Description:
Reproduced in Woolf's article "MANNING SURVEYS THE CHANGING WORLD - At Seventy the Bishop Finds Hope for Mankind In the Growth of a Social Consciousness," "The New York Times Magazine," May 10, 1936, p. 7, as "Drawn from Life by S.J. Woolf." Source: donation letter.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Stuart P. Feld
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
