Collection Highlights
Castle Garden, New York City
Date:
1859
Object Number:
1972.13
Medium:
Oil on canvas (relined)
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Caricature of Bertrand Russell (1872-1970)
Object Number:
1990.1.8
Date:
1923
Medium:
Graphite on paper with printed verso
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 7/16 x 2 7/8 in. ( 13.8 x 7.3 cm )
Marks:
inscription and date: lower right: "Bertrand / Russell / 1923"
Inscriptions:
Signed by the sitter at lower right in graphite: "Bertrand / Russell / 1923"
Description:
Portrait
Gallery Label:
Bertrand Russell was a Cambridge-educated philosopher and social reformer. His best known work, "The Principles of Mathematics," was published in 1930.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Family of William Henry Walker
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
