Collection Highlights
Corcoran Legion Fifth regiment. Col. William McEvily. A few good men are wanted to fill up Capt. Wm. L. Monegan's company. This is a splendid opportunity for young men to join a Crack Regiment.
Date:
ca. 1862
Object Number:
PR.055.3.189
Medium:
Paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Portrait of Thomas Mann (1875-1955)
Object Number:
1990.1.177
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: lower left: "Wm HWalker"
inscription and date: lower right: "Dutch Treat Club June 5/34"
inscriptions: lower center: "Thomas Mann" and lower left: "German Novelist - Thomas Mann"
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower left in graphite: "Wm H Walker"; inscribed along lower edge: "Dutch Treat Club June 5/34 / German Novelist -- Thomas Mann"; signed by sitter at lower center: "Thomas Mann"
Description:
Portrait
Gallery Label:
Mann, a native of Germany, won the Nobel Prize in 1929 for his novel "Buddenbrooks," a story of the moral and financial decline of the merchant bourgeoisie. "The Magic Mountain" and "Death in Venice" are the best-known of his many novels and essays.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Family of William Henry Walker
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
