Collection Highlights
Slant-front desk
Date:
1777-1794
Object Number:
1947.461
Medium:
Mahogany
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Profile Portrait of John Alfred Spender (1862-1942)
Object Number:
1990.1.59
Date:
1928
Medium:
Graphite on notepad paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 1/8 x 4 7/8 in. ( 18.1 x 12.4 cm )
Marks:
signature: lower left: "Wm. H. Walker"
inscription and date: lower right: "J. A. Spen[der?] / Jan 17 1928."
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower left in graphite: "Wm. H. Walker"; signed by sitter at lower right: "J. A. Spender / Jan 17 1928."
Description:
Portrait
Credit Line:
Gift of the Family of William Henry Walker
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
