Collection Highlights
Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)
Date:
1805
Object Number:
1867.306
Medium:
Oil on linen
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Luce Center
Hu Shih (1891-1962)
Object Number:
1948.470
Date:
1946
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 40 x 32 in. ( 101.6 x 81.3 cm )
Marks:
signature and date: lower right: "Albert Smith '46"
Gallery Label:
Hu Shih was born in Shanghai and educated at Cornell University and Columbia. He was a research fellow of the China Foundation until 1938 when he was appointed ambassador to the United States, a position he held until 1942. He subsequently became a chief advisor to Chiang Kai-shek and in 1946, the year in which this portrait was painted, became chancellor of Peking University.
Credit Line:
Gift of the artist
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
