| Brown Inventory ID: |
none on file |
| Artist: | Melchers, Gari |
| Nationality: | American |
| Artist Dates: | 1860-1932 |
| Title: | Portrait of General Hawkins |
| Medium: | oil on canvas |
| Dimensions: | 37 in. h. by 30 in. w. |
| Hawkins Catalog Entry: | Yes, included in 1913 catalog |
| Hawkins Artist: | MELCHERS, GARI |
| Hawkins Dates: | Living Artist |
| Hawkins Note: | Born in Detroit, trained in Germany and Paris, worked in America, and lives in Holland and Germany. |
| Hawkins Title: | No. 99. PORTRAIT OF GENERAL HAWKINS |
| Description: | Seated, half length, profile to the left. He holds a book on his knee. Black coat and tie; the button of the Legion of Honour in the button hole. Grey background. Signed " Gari Melchers, 1908." A portrait of the General aged seventy-seven. Presented to the Memorial by the Artist, 1908. |
| References: | Correspondence with RCH from 1905-1919 |
| Notes: | No file |
| Christies ID: | Yes |
| Catalog Text: | MELCHERS, GARI Living Artist Born in Detroit, trained in Germany and Paris, worked in America, and lives in Holland and Germany. Seated, half length, profile to the left. He holds a book on his knee. Black coat and tie; the button of the Legion of Honour in the button hole. Grey background. Signed " Gari Melchers, 1908." A portrait of the General aged seventy-seven. Presented to the Memorial by the Artist, 1908. |
| Library: | Annmary Brown |
| Room: | Entryway |
| Location: | AMB Entryway |
| Image: | ab99_color.jpg |