Collection Highlights
Group of Chicago Zouave Cadets
Date:
Object Number:
PR.049.FF.MIL.CHIZOU
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Museum Collections
Drawings
Portrait of Philip Guedalla (1889-1944)
Object Number:
1990.1.154
Date:
1933
Medium:
Graphite on notepad paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 1/4 x 5 1/2 in. ( 21 x 14 cm )
Marks:
signature, date and inscription: lower left: "Wm HWalker / Jan 31/33 / DUTCH TREAT"
inscription: right: "Philip Guedalla" and lower right: "PHILLIP GUEDELLA / BIOG - WELLINGTON"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower left in graphite: "Wm. H. Walker / Jan 31/33 / DUTCH TREAT'; at lower right: "PHILLIP GUEDALLA / BIOG-WELLINGTON''; signed by sitter at lower right: "Phillip Guedalla"
Description:
Portrait
Gallery Label:
Born in London and educated at Oxford, the subject was the author of books such as "The Partition of Europe, 1715-1815" (1914), "Gladstone and Palmerston" (1928), "The Queen and Mr. Gladstone" (1933), and "The Two Marshals" (1943).
Credit Line:
Gift of the Family of William Henry Walker
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
