Collection Highlights
Matthew Perry
Date:
ca. 1855
Object Number:
PR.012.2.787
Medium:
Daguerreotype
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Two Portraits of Richard Tauber (d. 1948)
Object Number:
1990.1.137
Date:
1931
Medium:
Graphite on notepad paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 1/8 x 5 5/16 in. ( 15.6 x 13.5 cm )
Marks:
signature, date and inscription: lower right: "Wm HWalker / Nov 10/31 / Dutch Treat / Richard Tauber / German tenor"
inscription and date: upper right: "Richard Tauber / 931"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower right in graphite: "Wm H Walker / Nov 10/31 / Dutch Treat / Richard Tauber / German Tenor"; signed by sitter at upper right: "Richard Tauber / 1931""
Description:
Portrait
Gallery Label:
A native of Austria, the subject distinguished himself as an opera singer, conductor, and composer.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Family of William Henry Walker
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
