Collection Highlights
Kerchief
Date:
1776-1777
Object Number:
1952.63
Medium:
Linen
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Museum Collections
Drawings
Portrait of Noel Coward (1899-1973)
Object Number:
1990.1.159
Date:
1933
Medium:
Graphite on notepad paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 3/16 x 5 1/2 in. ( 20.8 x 14 cm )
Marks:
signature and date: lower right: "Wm HWalker / Feb 14/33"
inscriptions: lower right: "Noel Coward" and lower left: "NOEL COWARD / DUTCH TREAT"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower right in graphite: "Wm H Walker / Feb 14/33"; at lower left: "NOEL COWARD / DUTCH TREAT"; signed by sitter at middle right: "Noel Coward"
Description:
Portrait
Gallery Label:
The subject was an English-born actor and playwright known for sophisticated comedies such as "Private Lives" (1930) and "Design for Living" (1933).
Credit Line:
Gift of the Family of William Henry Walker
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
