Collection Highlights
The Child's Anti-Slavery Book
Date:
1859
Object Number:
LIB.E449.C5372
Medium:
Bound volume
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Portrait of Roy Chapman Andrews (1884-1960)
Object Number:
1990.1.89
Date:
1929
Medium:
Graphite on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 5/16 x 3 3/8 in. ( 16 x 8.6 cm )
Marks:
signature: lower right: "Wm HWalker"
inscription and date: lower center: "Roy Chapman Andrews / Jan 29/29"
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower right in graphite: "Wm. H. Walker"; inscribed at lower left: "Jan 29/29"; signed by sitter at lower center: "Roy Chapman Andrews"
Description:
Portrait
Gallery Label:
Roy Chapman Andrews was an explorer and zoologist. He wrote of his experience as leader of the Central Asiatic Expedition in a bestselling book, "On the Trail of Ancient Man" (1926).
Credit Line:
Gift of the Family of William Henry Walker
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
