Collection Highlights
Ye book of copperheads
Date:
1863
Object Number:
LIB.XS.E647.L52.1863
Medium:
Paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Portrait of William Buehler Seabrook (1886-1945)
Object Number:
1990.1.71
Date:
1929
Medium:
Graphite on notepad paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 1/4 x 4 5/8 in. ( 15.9 x 11.7 cm )
Marks:
signature: lower left: "Wm HWalker"
date: lower right: "Jan 22 - 1929"
inscription: lower right: "W.B.Seabrook / Author / 'Magic [. . . ?]"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower left in graphite: "W H.Walker / Jan 22 -- 1929"; above: "Author / 'Magic Isle'"; signed by sitter at lower right: "W.B. Seabrook"
Description:
Portrait
Gallery Label:
Seabrook was hired as a reporter for The New York Times in 1917. He began to travel, explore, and write about his experiences in 1924.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Family of William Henry Walker
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
