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PORTRAIT OF CHARLES WILLIAM POST

Creator(s): Sir Oswald Birley (Artist)

On view in: First Floor Library


About this object

A portrait of Charles William Post seated 3/4 to the left, facing full face at the viewer. He is holding a piece of paper in his right hand, his elbow resting on a table with a green cover, with several more papers on the table. His left hand is grasping the arm of the chair. He is wearing a high white collar, stock tie with stick pin, and dark double-breasted suit. He is seated against a plain dark background. C.W. Post is balding with sparse grey hair.

Object name:
PORTRAIT OF CHARLES WILLIAM POST
Made from:
Oil on canvas
Made in:
England
Date made:
1926
Size:
125.7 × 101.6 cm (49 1/2 × 40 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
51.139
Class:
PAINTING
Signature marks:
SIGNATURE; DATE lower right: Oswald Birley 1926 (in red paint)
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973