Collection Highlights
Dish: footed compote with cover
Date:
1825-1845
Object Number:
1936.693ab
Medium:
Glass
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Portrait of Sir Cedric Hardwicke (1893-1964)
Object Number:
1990.1.230
Date:
1937
Medium:
Graphite on notepad paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 x 5 in. ( 17.8 x 12.7 cm )
Marks:
signature and date: lower left: "Wm H Walker / Dutch Treat Club / Mar 9/37"
inscriptions: lower right: "Cedric Hardwicke" and lower left: "SIR CEDRIC HARDWICKE / ENGLISH ACTOR"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower left in graphite: "Wm H Walker / Dutch Treat Club / Mar 9/37 / SIR CEDRIC HARDWICKE / ENGLISH ACTOR"; signed by sitter at lower right: "Cedric Hardwicke"
Description:
Portrait
Gallery Label:
The subject was an English-born actor. His memoir, "Let's Pretend: Recollections and Reflections of a Lucky Actor," was published in 1932.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Family of William Henry Walker
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
