Portrait study of Anthony Eden, Earl of Avon, at the League of Nations

League of Nations

Geneva, Switzerland

Object Details

Title:

Date:

c. 1927–29

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Medium:

Sanguine on paper on light green paper on board

Dimensions

6 7/8 x 5 1/8 in.

Classification

Drawings-watercolors

Credit Line:

Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 2015

Description

[lower right in graphite]: Eden; [bottom of drawing in sanguine]: The League's machinery & the will [ ?] to / use that machinery [illegible] / more important

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