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Artist/Maker
Leonebel Jacobs
(American, 1883 – 1967)
Datec. 1937
MediumPastel on canvas
DimensionsComposition: 50.8 × 40.6 cm (20 × 16 in.)
Frame: 58.4 × 48.3 × 3.5 cm (23 × 19 × 1 3/8 in.)
Credit LineGift of the Estate of Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne
Object number1983.94
Not on view
Descriptionportrait, quarter lenght, man has his hands clasped somewhat in front of his face
Collections
Additional Details
Exhibition History
1989
Washington, DC. The National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. "Pioneers of American Broadcasting", Oct. 7, 1988 - Jan. 2, 1989.
1984
Clinton, NY, Azel Backus House, Feb. 23, 1984.
Washington, DC. The National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. "Pioneers of American Broadcasting", Oct. 7, 1988 - Jan. 2, 1989.
1984
Clinton, NY, Azel Backus House, Feb. 23, 1984.
Published References
Maurice Isserman, ON THE HILL: A BICENTENNIAL HISTORY OF HAMILTON COLLEGE 1812-2012 (Clinton, New York: Hamilton College, 2012), illus. 250 [black and white].
Signature
Recto, lower right: "Leonebel Jacobs"
Inscribed
Scrawled on frame: "2238-16x20 finish 568/123078"
Verso: [newspaper clippings]
Verso: [newspaper clippings]
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