Gift of the Rosalie Thorne McKenna Foundation 2011.344.1131 © The Rosalie Thorne McKenna Found ...

Thornton Wilder

PhotographerPhotographed by Rosalie Thorne McKenna (American, 1918 - 2003)

Date1951

MediumPhotography; gelatin silver print dry mounted to mat board

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 13 7/8 x 9in. (35.2 x 22.9cm) Sheet (height x width): 13 7/8 x 9in. (35.2 x 22.9cm) Mount (height x width): 13 7/8 x 9in. (35.2 x 22.9cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineGift of the Rosalie Thorne McKenna Foundation

Object number2011.344.1131

DescriptionClose-cropped portrait of a man wearing dark-rimmed eyeglasses. He is holding his index finger in front of his mouth and is looking slightly down.

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Women Photographers

NotesSubject Note: Thornton Wilder (1897-1975) was an American playwright and novelist. He received his BA from Yale in 1920, and his MA from Princeton in 1926. Over the course of his career, he won three Pulitzer prizes: in 1928, for "The Bridge of San Luis Rey," in 1938 for "Our Town," and in 1942 for "The Skin of Our Teeth." Despite his considerable literary success, Wilder considered himself a teacher first and a writer second; he taught at Lawrenceville School (New Jersey), the University of Chicago, the University of Hawaii, and Harvard. In 1963, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. He lived in Hamden, Connecticut, with his sister Isabel.
Masterpiece Theater, "Thornton Wilder," http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/americancollection/ourtown/ei_wilder.html

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