Collection Highlights
Framed leaves from Abraham Lincoln's bier
Date:
1865
Object Number:
1947.47
Medium:
Albumen photograph, plant material, ink, silk ribbon, wood gilding
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Profile Portrait of Egon Petri (1881-1962)
Object Number:
1990.1.179
Date:
1934
Medium:
Graphite on notepad paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 1/8 x 5 5/16 in. ( 18.1 x 13.5 cm )
Marks:
signature: lower left: "Wm H Walker"
inscriptions: lower left: "Dutch Treat Club / June 5/34" and lower right: "To Mr. / W. H. Walker / very cordially / Egon Petri / EGON PETRI"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower left in graphite: "Wm. H. Walker / Dutch Treat Club / June 5/24"; at lower right: "EGON PETRI"; signed by sitter at lower right: "To Mr. / W.H. Walker / very cordially / Egon Petri"
Description:
Portrait
Gallery Label:
The subject was a Dutch-born pianist.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Family of William Henry Walker
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
