Collection Highlights
Proposed Coat of Arms for New Amsterdam, New Netherland: Preparatory Drawing for a Presentation to the Dutch West India Company
Date:
ca. 1630
Object Number:
1885.5
Medium:
Black ink and wash, watercolor, red and black chalk, and red gouache, with contours incised by a stylus on laid on paper, mounted on card
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Portrait of William J. Guard (1862-1932)
Object Number:
1990.1.74
Date:
1929
Medium:
Graphite on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 3/8 x 4 7/16 in. ( 16.2 x 11.3 cm )
Marks:
signature: lower left: "Wm HWalker"
inscription and date: lower center: "What a handsome man! / Will J Guard / Dutch Treat Club / New York Feb 5/29"
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower left in graphite: "Wm. H. Walker"; signed by sitter at lower center: "What a handsome man! / Will J. Guard / Dutch Treat Club / New York Feb 5/29"
Description:
Portrait
Gallery Label:
The subject was a theatrical press agent.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Family of William Henry Walker
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
