Collection Highlights
Punch bowl: Landing of Lafayette
Date:
1840-1850
Object Number:
1910.24
Medium:
Earthenware
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Luce Center
Profile Portrait of James L. Clark (1883-1969)
Object Number:
1990.1.48
Date:
1927
Medium:
Graphite on ivory paper with printed verso
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 1/8 x 5 5/8 in. ( 18.1 x 14.3 cm )
Marks:
signature and inscription: lower right: "Wm H Walker / James L. Clark"
inscription and date: lower left: "Camp Fire [?] Club / 1927"
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower right in graphite: "Wm H Walker"; inscribed at lower left: "Camp Fire Club / 1927"; signed by sitter at lower right: "James L. Clark."
Description:
Portrait
Gallery Label:
James Lippitt Clark was a taxidermist, sculptor, explorer, big game hunter, and motion picture engineer. He led the O'Donnell-Clark African Expedition in 1931 and was director emeritus of the American Museum of Natural History in New York from January, 1949.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Family of William Henry Walker
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
