Collection Highlights
Central Park Competition Entry No. 29
Date:
March, 1858
Object Number:
PR.003.233
Medium:
Ink and Wash
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Portrait of Christian Frederick Gauss (1878-1951)
Object Number:
1990.1.197
Date:
1935
Medium:
Graphite on notepad paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 5/8 x 5 in. ( 19.4 x 12.7 cm )
Marks:
signature: lower right: "Wm.H.Walker"
inscription and date: lower right: "Dutch Treat Mar/35"
inscriptions: lower left: "[Dr Savage?] / not subsidize our players." and lower center: "Christian Gauss"
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower right in graphite: "Wm. H. Walker"; inscribed along lower edge: "Dr Savage / not subsidize our players. Dutch Treat Mar/35"; signed by sitter at lower center: "Christian Gauss"
Description:
Portrait
Gallery Label:
A specialist in Romance languages, Gauss taught at Princeton University from 1905 to 1946.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Family of William Henry Walker
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
