Portrait study of Robert McLean
Date
Date unknownMedium
Black and white pastel on on light orange paper with framing lines in black pastel under framing mat of beige paper on boardCredit Line
Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, 2015Dimensions
23 1/4 x 2 1/8 in.Description & Inscriptions
[lower right of light orange paper in red ink]: stamped monogram initials / stamped signature; [verso in black ink]: Robert McLeane [sic], owner of / The Philadelphia Bulletin
McLean was the long-time publisher of the Philadelphia Bulletin, which his father William purchased in 1895.
McLean was the long-time publisher of the Philadelphia Bulletin, which his father William purchased in 1895.