Collection Highlights
Batter pitcher
Date:
1798
Object Number:
1937.587
Medium:
Stoneware, cobalt oxide
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Portrait of Lillian Gish (1893-1993)
Object Number:
1990.1.184
Date:
1934
Medium:
Graphite on notepad paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 5/8 x 5 in. ( 19.4 x 12.7 cm )
Marks:
inscription and date: lower right: "Lillian Gish / 34"
Inscriptions:
Signed by sitter at lower right in graphite: "Lillian Gish -- / 34"
Description:
Portrait
Gallery Label:
Gish began her career as a child stage performer with her sister Dorothy, and was cast by D. W. Griffith in her first silent film in 1912. The typically played the wholesome waif, and appeared in dozens of silent films in this, her signature role. She continued to play supporting roles in sound films in the thirties and forties. Her last movie, "The Whales of August," was released in 1987.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Family of William Henry Walker
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
