Collection Highlights
The Dead at Gettysburg
Date:
ca. 1863
Object Number:
PR.164.4.38.GettysburgDead
Medium:
Photograph
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Caricature of Friedrich Schorr as Leonardo Da Vinci (1888-1953)
Object Number:
1990.1.132
Date:
1931
Medium:
Graphite on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 7/8 x 5 1/2 in. ( 17.5 x 14 cm )
Marks:
signature, date, and inscription: lower right: "Wm. H. Walker / Mar 10 / Memory Sketch"
inscription: lower center: "The Wanderer / friedSchorr"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower right in graphite: "Wm. H.Walker / Mar 10'' / Memory Sketch"; signed by sitter at lower center: " 'The Wanderer' / Fried Schorr"
Description:
Portrait
Gallery Label:
The subject, an opera singer, was born in Nagyvarad, Hungary (later Rumania). He performed with New York's Metropolitan Opera Co. from 1924 to 1943.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Family of William Henry Walker
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
