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Artist/Maker
Eugene Speicher
(American, 1883 - 1962)
Date20th-mid 20th century
MediumInk on paper
DimensionsComposition: 8 1/4 × 6 3/8 in. (21 × 16.2 cm)
Frame: 20 1/2 × 17 1/2 × 1 in. (52.1 × 44.5 × 2.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of William G. Roehrick, Class of 1934, H1971, in memory of Edward W. Root, Class of 1905
Object number1989.32
Not on view
DescriptionPortrait of a woman wearing a corsage. Verso depicts a partial drawing of a seated nude.
Collections
Additional Details
Exhibition History
1992
Clinton, NY. "Highlights from the Hamilton College Collection" Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College. June 5 - September 6, 1992 (cat. no. 38).
Clinton, NY. "Highlights from the Hamilton College Collection" Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College. June 5 - September 6, 1992 (cat. no. 38).
Provenance
1989: Hamilton College (Fred L. Emerson Gallery), by gift of William G. Roehrick
According to copy of receipt found in object file, this work may have actually been purchased by Hamilton College/Emerson Gallery from James Reikker Antiques, Inc., Cambridge, MA on 10/31.1989 for $500. (see file; AMcL 6/18/2025)
According to copy of receipt found in object file, this work may have actually been purchased by Hamilton College/Emerson Gallery from James Reikker Antiques, Inc., Cambridge, MA on 10/31.1989 for $500. (see file; AMcL 6/18/2025)
Published References
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE HAMILTON COLLEGE COLLECTION (exh. cat., Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College, June 5 – September 6, 1992, cat. no. 38).
FRIENDS OF ART NEWSLETTER (Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College, vol. 1, no. 3, April 1990, "Acquisitions").
FRIENDS OF ART NEWSLETTER (Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College, vol. 1, no. 3, April 1990, "Acquisitions").
Signature
Signed in pencil at lower left: Eugene Speicher
Eugene Speicher
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Medium: Oil on canvas
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Thomas Nast
Date: c. 1897
Medium: Ink on paper with collage elements (recto and verso)
Object number: 1944.1.72a-b
Thomas Nast
Date: 1892
Medium: Ink and graphite on paper with collaged elements
Object number: 1944.1.75
Date: mid-16th century
Medium: Double-sided watercolor, ink, and gold leaf on paper
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William C. Palmer
Date: 1969
Medium: Pencil and ink on paper
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Medium: Ink on paper
Object number: WCP.XXX.26.8