Collection Highlights
Subway controller
Date:
1904
Object Number:
1922.103
Medium:
Silver, steel, ebony
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Luce Center
Profile Portrait of Carveth Wells (1887-1957), With a Marginal Elephant Drawn by Sitter
Object Number:
1990.1.155
Date:
1933
Medium:
Graphite on notepad paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 1/4 x 5 1/2 in. ( 21 x 14 cm )
Marks:
signature: right: "WHWalker"
date: lower right: "Feb 7/33"
inscription: lower center: "Cheerio! / from / Carveth Wells"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower right in graphite: "W H. Walker / Feb 7/33"; signed by sitter at lower right: "Cheerio! / from / Carveth Wells / [elephant drawing]"
Description:
Portrait
Gallery Label:
Explorer, author, and lecturer Carveth Wells was born in England; he immigrated to the United States in 1918.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Family of William Henry Walker
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
