Portrait of E.W.H. Schenley
Portrait of E.W.H. Schenley
Portrait of E.W.H. Schenley

Portrait of E.W.H. Schenley

Object number94.51.362
Artist
After
Date1904
Mediummetal, glass, paper, paint, ink
Credit LineTransfer from Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Gift of Mrs. Alberta McLean
DescriptionOval miniature portrait painting (possibly pastel) on paper of bust portrait of a young man with tousled dark hair and dark blue uniform with high gold embroidered collar, wearing a silver medal suspended from a red ribbon. Against a blue background and in a tarnished brass-type metal frame with suspension loop at top.Dimensions3 x 4 in. (7.6 x 10.2 cm)
InscriptionsCursive writing neatly on reverse: "January 1904 / The Late E.W.H. Schenley / Rifle Brigade / Painted By his daughter / H. Agnes Ridley 1904. / After a Miniature by / Alfred Edward Chalons R.A. / Painted in 1832".
Historical NotesPainted by H. Agnes Ridley who was the daughter of Mary Croghan Schenley and Edward Wyndham Harrington Schenley. Donated by Mrs. Alberta McLean to the Carnegie Museum of Natural History on 2/17/1939. Transferred from CMNH to the HSWP in 1994.
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