Portraits of playwrights, 19--

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Portraits of playwrights, 19--

Two pencil portraits intended for newspaper illustration.

2 drawings : b&w ; 28 cm. x 39 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8112922

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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Barry, Philip, 1896-1949

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American playwright Philip Jerome Quinn Barry was born on June 18, 1896 in Rochester, N.Y. He was the youngest of the four children of James Corbett Barry and Mary Agnes Quinn. James Barry was a successful marble and tile contracter whose family had emigrated from Ireland when he was ten. His wife, also of Irish descent, was a Philadelphian, daughter of the proprietor of a lumber business. Barry matriculated at Yale University in 1913, but, war service intervening, did not receive his B.A. until...

Egri, Ted, 1913-

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Ted Egri was born in New York City in 1913. While in the Navy, he worked drafting maps. During his service, Egri drew and painted extensively. Although he did not receive any formal academic degrees in the arts, he studied at art schools in New York City and New Mexico, and eventually became a successful sculptor. In 1950, Egri and his wife move to Taos, N.M. where he taught sculpture, life drawing, still life drawing, and painting, and was a Visiting Lecturer at the University of Wyoming in Lar...

Kelly, George, 1887-1974

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George Kelly, playwright. From the description of The torch-bearers: typescript, n.d. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 144651961 ...