Object Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
1926.1.1 |
Collection |
U.S. Presidents |
Object Name |
Painting |
Title |
William Howard Taft |
Artist |
Clarence W. Snyder |
Date |
1925 |
Year Range from |
1925 |
Signed Name |
"Clarence W Snyder/1925" |
Signature Location |
upper left |
Description |
William Howard Taft (1857-1930) is represented posing against a brown background, wearing a black suit and blue tie, and looking directly at the viewer. |
Medium |
Oil on canvas |
Dimensions |
H-36 W-29 inches |
Notes |
At the meeting of the Board of Directors on April 13, 1926, "The question of purchasing the portrait of former President Taft, offered for sale by the artist, Clarence Snyder, was, on motion, referred to the Officers with power to act." An entry in the Ledger Book of 1926 records that Snyder was paid for the portrait on June 12. References: Whiteman 1978, pp. 53-54. Torchia 2005, pp. 69-71, color illus. |
Provenance |
Purchased from the artist, 1926 |
Legal Status |
Owned by the Union League of Philadelphia |
People |
Taft, William Howard |