Collection Highlights
Stained glass window
Date:
ca. 1656
Object Number:
1951.414b
Medium:
Glass
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Luce Center
Portrait of John Munro Woolsey (1877-1945)
Object Number:
1990.1.176
Date:
1934
Medium:
Graphite on notepad paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 1/8 x 5 5/16 in. ( 18.1 x 13.5 cm )
Marks:
signature, inscription and date: lower right: "Wm. H. Walker / Dutch Treat Club / Apr 3/34"
inscriptions: lower center: "John MWoolsey" and lower right: "U. S. DISTRICT JUDGE"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower right in graphite: "Wm. H. Walker / Dutch Treat Club / Apr 3/34 / U.S. DISTRICT JUDGE'; signed by sitter at lower center in black ink: "John M Woolsey"
Description:
Portrait
Gallery Label:
Woolsey served as a Judge of the U.S. District Court, Southern New York district, from 1929 to 1943. He made the famous decision to lift the ban on distribution in the U.S. of James Joyce's novel "Ulysses" on December 6, 1933.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Family of William Henry Walker
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
