Collection Highlights
Matthew Perry
Date:
ca. 1855
Object Number:
PR.012.2.787
Medium:
Daguerreotype
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Portrait of George Woodward Wickersham (1858-1936)
Object Number:
1990.1.73
Date:
1929
Medium:
Graphite on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 5/16 x 4 7/16 in. ( 16 x 11.3 cm )
Marks:
signature: lower right: "WmHWalker"
inscriptions and date: lower center: "GeoW.Wickersham / March 5, 1929" and lower right: "Dutch Treat / Luncheon"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower right in graphite: "Wm. H. Walker / Dutch Treat / Luncheon"; signed by sitter at lower center: "Geo W, Wickersham / March 5, 1929"
Description:
Portrait
Gallery Label:
George W. Wickersham served as Attorney General of the United States in the cabinet of President Taft (1909-13).
Credit Line:
Gift of the Family of William Henry Walker
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
