Portrait study of Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, delegate from Great Britain to the League of Nations

League of Nations

Geneva, Switzerland

Object Details

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Date:

c. 1927–29

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Medium:

Black pastel on light orange paper between hinged mats with framing lines in brown ink and light orange wash

Dimensions

27 1/4 x 19 1/2 in.

Classification

Drawings-watercolors

Credit Line:

Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 2015

Description

[lower left above framing line in graphite]: Viscount Cecil of Chelwood; [top left of framing mat in graphite]: 6cCecil was one of the architects of the League of Nations. His service to the organization earned him the Nobel Peace Prize in 1937.

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