Collection Highlights
"A Visit from St. Nicholas"
Date:
1862
Object Number:
MSS.BV.Moore.1
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Portrait of Maurice Evans (1901-1989)
Object Number:
1990.1.225
Date:
1937
Medium:
Graphite on notepad paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 x 5 in. ( 17.8 x 12.7 cm )
Marks:
signature and date: lower left: "Wm H Walker / D. T. Club Feb 23/37"
inscriptions: lower right: "Maurice Evans / MAURICE EVANS / 'KING RICHARD II'"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower left in graphite: "Wm H Walker / D. T. Club Feb 23/37"; at lower right: "MAURICE EVANS / 'KING RICHARD II'"; signed by sitter at lower right: "Maurice Evans"
Description:
Portrait
Gallery Label:
The subject, an English-born actor, was brought to the United States by Katharine Cornell to play Romeo opposite her Juliet in 1936. He became a naturalized citizen in 1941.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Family of William Henry Walker
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
