Collection Highlights
Memorial sample card
Date:
Object Number:
1947.490a
Medium:
Watercolor and hair on ivory
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Profile Portrait of Benjamin Barr Lindsey (1869-1943)
Object Number:
1990.1.110
Date:
1930
Medium:
Graphite on gray brown paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 3/8 x 4 in. ( 16.2 x 10.2 cm )
Marks:
signature: lower left: "W.H.W."
inscription and date: upper right: "Dutch Treat Dec 16/30"
inscriptions: lower center: "Sincerely / Ben B Lindsey" and lower right: "Judge Ben LINDSEY"
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower left in graphite: "W.H.W."; inscribed at upper center: "Dutch Treat Club Dec 16/30"; at lower right: "Judge Ben Lindsey"; signed by sitter in graphite at lower center: "Sincerely / Ben B Lindsey"
Description:
Portrait
Gallery Label:
A noted jurist and social reformer, the subject was especially concerned with child welfare.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Family of William Henry Walker
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
