Collection Highlights
Draft wheel
Date:
ca. 1863
Object Number:
1865.6
Medium:
Wood, metal
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Museum Collections
Drawings
Portrait of Amelia Earhart (1897-1937)
Object Number:
1990.1.199
Date:
1935
Medium:
Graphite on notepad paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 1/16 x 5 1/16 in. ( 17.9 x 12.9 cm )
Marks:
signature and date: lower left: "Wm. H. Walker / Dutch Treat / May 21/35"
inscription: lower right: "Amelia Earhart"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower left in graphite: "Wm. H. Walker / Dutch Treat / May 21/35"; signed by sitter at lower right: "Amelia Earhart."
Description:
Portrait
Gallery Label:
Earhart first flew in 1920 and felt immediately compelled to learn to pilot a plane; by 1921 she had received her pilot's license. The first woman to complete a transatlantic flight alone, she was subsequently the first woman to attempt to fly solo around the world. She disappeared over the Pacific Islands in July 1937, never completing her mission.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Family of William Henry Walker
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
