Harvard Art Museums > H120: Gordon McKay (1821-1903) Paintings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Gordon McKay (1821-1903) (Hubert von Herkomer)(Gordon McKay) , H120,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Nov 21, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/310817. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number H120 People Hubert von Herkomer, British (Waal, Germany 1849 - 1914 Budleigh Salterton, England) Gordon McKay (1821 - 1903) Title Gordon McKay (1821-1903) Classification Paintings Work Type painting Date 1895 Culture British Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/310817 Physical Descriptions Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions 140.5 x 109.8 cm (55 5/16 x 43 1/4 in.) framed: 154.94 x 124.46 cm (61 x 49 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: u.r. Hubert Herkomer, R.A.; l.l. HH '95 inscription: front, signed, in artist's hand: Painted in/my studio in Bushy. Hants (or Herts?)/(six sittings) in which/time I learnt to know one of the/truest men I ever came across. Hubert Herkomer, R.A. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard University Portrait Collection, Gift to the University Object Number H120 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History Laura M. Huntsinger, Harvard Portraits: A Catalogue of Portrait Paintings at Harvard University, ed. Alan Burroughs, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, MA, 1936), p. 96 John Chamberlain, "History of American Business", Fortune [magazine] (1961), p. 149 Jeffrey D. Wert, Civil War Barons: The Tycoons, Entrepreneurs, Inventors, and Visionaries Who Forged Victory and Shaped a Nation, Da Capo Press (New York, 2018), repr. Verification Level This record was created from historic documentation and may not have been reviewed by a curator; it may be inaccurate or incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
