Bust of Dr. Charles T. Walker

Isaac Scott Hathaway

About 1910

  • Titles Bust of Dr. Charles T. Walker (Descriptive)
  • Artist Isaac Scott Hathaway, American, 1872 - 1967
  • Medium patinated plaster
  • Dimensions 10 3/4 × 7 1/4 × 5 in. (27.3 × 18.4 × 12.7 cm)
  • Credit Line Gift in memory of Dr. Dannetta K. Thornton Owens, by Carnetta Nabors Davis as recognition for her dedication to the Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham (AL) Chapter of The Links, Incorporated, and Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., 2019.18
  • Work Type bust
  • Classification Sculpture

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