Collection Highlights
Common Sense
Date:
1776
Object Number:
LIB.Y1776.Paine.com
Medium:
Pamphlet, paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
A Caricature and Portrait of Osgood Perkins (1892-1937)
Object Number:
1990.1.208
Date:
1936
Medium:
Graphite on notepad paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 x 5 in. ( 17.8 x 12.7 cm )
Marks:
signature, date and inscription: lower left: "WmHWalker / Feb 25/36 / Osgood Perkins"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower left in graphite: "Wm H Walker / Feb 25/36"; signed by sitter at lower left: "Osgood Perkins"
Description:
Portrait
Gallery Label:
A film actor, Perkins appeared in about twenty movies, including "Scarface," "The President Vanishes," and "Gold Diggers of 1937."
Credit Line:
Gift of the Family of William Henry Walker
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
