Edmund Ezra Day Portrait
- Title:
- Edmund Ezra Day Portrait
- Collection:
- Campus Artifacts, Art & Memorabilia
- Creator:
- Dickinson, Sidney E. (American painter, born 1890)
- Photographer:
- Espinosa de los Monteros, Pamela
- Date:
- ca. 1937-1949
- Acquisition Date:
- 1948
- Location:
- Uris Library, Arthur H. Dean Reading Room, Cornell University
- Country:
- United States
- ID Number:
- artsdb_0248
- Accession Number:
- W84-25.4
UL_D-P6 - File Name:
- artsdb_0248.jpg
- Culture:
- American
- Work Type:
- portraits
- Materials/Techniques:
- Oil
- Subject:
- Day, Edmund Ezra, 1883-1951
College presidents - Image View Type:
- General
- Image View Description:
- Front View
- Description:
- Edmund Ezra Day, economist, statistician, educator and (1883-1951) Fifth President of Cornell University (1937-1949). This painting is part of a commemorating portrait series of past Cornell University presidents in the Arthur H. Dean Reading Room of Uris Library.
More detailed information on Edmund E. Day may be found in:
Engst, Elaine.“Cornell’s Twelve Presidents: Edmund Ezra Day, President, 1937-1949,” Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections-Cornell University Library, accessed May 2, 2012, http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/presidents/view_item.php?sec=3&sub=12.
American portrait artist Sidney Edward Dickinson studied at the Art Student League in New York under George Bridgman and William M. Chase, and at the National Academy of Design under Douglas Volk ["Dickinson, Sidney Edward." Marquis Who's Who, Inc, and Credo Reference (Firm). 2008. Marquis Who was who in America, 1607-1984. [New Providence, NJ]: Marquis Who's Who. http://www.credoreference.com/book/marqwas
Falk, Peter H., Audrey M. Lewis, Georgia Kuchen, and Veronika Roessler. “Dickinson, Sidney E.” 1999. Who was who in American art, 1565-1975: 400 years of artists in America. Madison, CT: Sound View Press]. He would later become an instructor at both schools. Although he was not a native of the Southern United States, Dickinson’s most important works is associated with this region ["Dickinson, Sidney Edward." Marquis Who's Who, Inc, and Credo Reference (Firm). 2008. Marquis Who was who in America, 1607-1984. [New Providence, NJ]: Marquis Who's Who. http://www.credoreference.com/book/marqwas]. - Source:
- "Dickinson, Sidney Edward." Marquis Who's Who, Inc, and Credo Reference (Firm). 2008. Marquis Who was who in America, 1607-1984. [New Providence, NJ]: Marquis Who's Who. http://www.credoreference.com/book/marqwas.
Engst, Elaine.“Cornell’s Twelve Presidents: Edmund Ezra Day, President, 1937-1949,” Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections-Cornell University Library, accessed May 2, 2012, http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/presidents/view_item.php?sec=3&sub=12.
Falk, Peter H., Audrey M. Lewis, Georgia Kuchen, and Veronika Roessler. “Dickinson, Sidney E.” 1999. Who was who in American art, 1565-1975: 400 years of artists in America. Madison, CT: Sound View Press.
Severens, Martha R., 1945-. 2003. "Sidney Dickinson: Southern Allegories." American Art Review 15, no. 3: 106-113. Art Full Text (H.W. Wilson), EBSCOhost (accessed May 7, 2012). - Repository:
- Cornell University
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- The content in the Campus Artifacts, Art & Memorabilia Collection is protected by copyright, and the copyright holders are Cornell University Library and the Cornell Association of Professors Emeritus. This collection was created by Cornell University Library in 2010, with funding from a Digital Collections in Arts and Sciences Grant to Howard Howland. Cornell is providing access to the materials for research and personal use. The written permission of any copyright and other rights holders is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use that extends beyond what is authorized by fair use and other statutory exemptions. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to use the item. Please contact the Cornell Association of Professors Emeritus at cape@cornell.edu for more information about this collection, or to request permission to use these images.