Date: 1893
Credit Line: Bequest of Anthony J. Drexel
Means of Accession: Bequest
Made/Created
Artist
E. Hart Darragh
Date made
1887
Dimensions
Dimension Description
Unframed
Height
55-1/4 in
Width
39-1/2 in
Interpretative Labels
Label Type
Exhibition Label
Label
Anthony J. Drexel (1826-1893) was the founder of Drexel Institute of Art, Science and Industry. He was
not a self-promoter and was notorious for not wanting his portrait done — in many of our portraits,
some say he looks uncomfortable. He refused to have any of his portraits hung in the institute before his
death. This portrait however is from his personal collection and was hanging in his home at 39th and
Walnut.
