Collection Highlights
"Columbia Demands Her Children"
Date:
1864
Object Number:
PR.010.1864.30
Medium:
Paper
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Helen Huntington Hull (1893-1976)
Object Number:
2008.43.12
Date:
1942
Medium:
Charcoal and graphite on gray paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 21 1/4 x 18 5/16 in. (54 x 46.5 cm), irregular
Inscriptions:
Signed with estate stamp at lower left inblue ink: S.J. Woolf
Signed by the subject at lower center in graphite: Helen H. Hull
Description:
Reproduced in Woolf's article "Opera for Everybody - Mrs. Lytle Hull says the people are ready for opera, and we must now give our young singers a chance. That's the reason for her opera company," "The New York Times Magazine," November 15, 1942, p. 15, 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.
