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Identification and Creation

Object Number
H483
People
John Young Hunter, American (Glasgow, Scotland 1874 - 1955 Taos, NM)
Andrew Carnegie (1835-1919)
Copy after Walter William Ouless, British (Saint Helier, Ise Jersey, England 1848 - 1933 Isle of Jersey, England)
Title
Andrew Carnegie (1835-1919), after W. W. Ouless
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting
Date
1939
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/304536

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
80.2 x 61.3 cm (31 9/16 x 24 1/8 in.)
framed: 96.5 x 77.5 x 8.9 cm (38 x 30 1/2 x 3 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: u.r.: From a portrait by W.W. Ouless-/J. Young Hunter
  • inscription: Complete inscription u.r.:From a portrait by W. W. Ouless-/J. Young Hunter

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Gift of Mrs. Louise Whitfield Carnegie, 1939

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard University Portrait Collection, Gift of Mrs. Louise Whitfield Carnegie, 1939
Object Number
H483
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
There is another copy of Andrew Carnegie by W.W. Ouless in the collection of the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland.

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