Collection Highlights
I Knew Him Horatio
Date:
1864
Object Number:
PR.010.1864.Horatio
Medium:
Lithograph
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Museum Collections
Drawings
Portrait of Gladys Swarthout (1904-1969)
Object Number:
1990.1.161
Date:
1933
Medium:
Graphite on notepad paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 1/8 x 5 5/16 in. ( 18.1 x 13.5 cm )
Marks:
signature: lower left: "Wm HWalker"
inscription and date: lower right: "Gladys Swarthout / Apr 11/33 / METROPOLITAN / OPERA CO."
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower left in graphite: "Wm H Walker"; inscribed at lower right: "Apr 11/33 / METROPOLITAN OPERA CO."; signed by sitter at lower right: "Gladys Swarthout"
Description:
Portrait
Gallery Label:
A mezzo-soprano, Gladys Swarthout performed with opera companies in Chicago from 1924 until 1929, then joined New York's Metropolitan Opera Co.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Family of William Henry Walker
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
