Collection Highlights
Broadway, A.T. Stewart Dry Goods Store
Date:
1851
Object Number:
PR.020.FF.28
Medium:
1896 photo-mechanical color reproduction of an engraving
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Portrait of Frank H. Simonds (1878-1936)
Object Number:
1990.1.94
Date:
1930
Medium:
Graphite on notepad paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 1/8 x 4 7/8 in. ( 18.1 x 12.4 cm )
Marks:
signature: lower left: "Wm H Walker"
date: lower right: "Jan 7" '30"
inscription: lower center: "Frank H Simonds"
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower left in graphite: "Wm.H.Walker"; inscribed at lower right: "Jan. 7'' '30"; signed by sitter at lower center: "Frank H Simonds"
Description:
Portrait
Gallery Label:
A journalist, originally from Massachusetts, Simonds worked for several New York papers. He was editor of The Evening Sun (1913-14), associate editor of The Tribune (1915-1918), and contributing editor of Review of Reviews (1914-33).
Credit Line:
Gift of the Family of William Henry Walker
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
