Collection Highlights
Cake board
Date:
1825-1835
Object Number:
1937.1562
Medium:
Wood (possibly mahogany)
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
William Cowper Prime (1825-1905)
Object Number:
1953.188
Date:
1857
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 36 x 29 1/8 in. ( 91.4 x 74 cm )
Marks:
signature and date: lower right: "F. Schlegel / 1857"
inscription: on back: "Braheem Effendi / F. Schlegel Pinxit 1857 for W. C. Prime"
Gallery Label:
After graduating from Princeton University in 1843, the subject studied law, was admitted to the bar, and practiced in New York. He would distinguish himself not only as a lawyer, but as a journalist, author, art historian, and Near East enthusiast as well. In this portrait, a gift to the Society from his great-grandson, he appears in Arab costume with ruins of Egyptian temples in the background.
Credit Line:
Gift of Benjamin L. Prime
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
