Collection Highlights
Mrs. Pierre Toussaint (ca. 1786-1851)
Date:
ca. 1825
Object Number:
1920.5
Medium:
Watercolor on ivory
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Portrait of Osa Johnson (1894-1953)
Object Number:
1990.1.217
Date:
1936
Medium:
Graphite on notepad paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 x 5 in. ( 17.8 x 12.7 cm )
Marks:
signature: right: "WmHWalker"
inscription: center: "Osa Johnson."
inscriptions and date: lower right: "MRS. MARTIN JOHNSON / Dutch Treat Club / Nov 10/36"
Inscriptions:
Signed at middle left in graphite: "Wm H Walker"; inscribed at lower right: "MRS. MARTIN JOHNSON / Dutch Treat Club / Nov 10/36"; signed by sitter at lower center: "Osa Johnson."
Description:
Portrait
Gallery Label:
The subject, née Osa Helen Leighty, married the adventurer Martin Johnson (1884-1937) in 1910. The couple spent many years in Borneo and Africa and produced numerous documentary films and several feature films based on their experiences.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Family of William Henry Walker
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
