Horatio William Parker (1863-1919), M.A. (Hon.) 1894

Weir, John Ferguson (1841-1926)

Item type:

painting

Date of creation:

1894

Height:

91.8 cm  (36 1/8 in.)

Width:

71.8 cm  (28 1/4 in.)

Technique / Medium:

oil on canvas

Description

Portrait of Horatio Parker--American composer, organist, teacher, and Dean of Music at Yale University--in academic regalia, holding a piece of paper (perhaps an academic document or a musical score; words or notation not visible in online image).

People as subjects

Parker, Horatio W. (Horatio William) (1863-1919) (Composer portrait)

Iconclass

61B2(HORATIO PARKER)
historical person (HORATIO PARKER)
48C713
portrait of composer
49B43(+32)
professor ( + portrait of teacher, professor)

RIdIM images

Image URLs

image link 1

Notes

Both the artist and the subject held the positions of professor and Dean in their respective areas at Yale, and both were awarded honorary M.A. degrees from Yale.

RIdIM record id

6080