Item 54a-b: Two Portraits of Gilbert S[tuart] McClintock, taken by Pirie MacDonald (removed to oversize box #1), [ca. early-mid-twentieth century]
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 54
Dates
- Created: [ca. early-mid-twentieth century]
Creator
- MacDonald, Pirie, 1867-1942 (Person)
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Extent
1 items
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Type of Material:
Photograph
Condition Note:
Good.
Measurements:
Backing: 11 x 15 ½ in; Photograph: 6 ½ x 9 ¾ in.
Description:
The following items depict two photographic portraits of Gilbert Stuart McClintock, taken by Pirie MacDonald, plausibly during the early-mid twentieth century. McClintock wears a three-piece suit, with a striped tie and white button-down shirt. He has his hair drawn back and glasses. He appears to be in his mid-thirties or forties. The photograph is in greyscale.
The photograph's date has been estimated to be in the early to mid-twentieth century, according to McClintock and MacDonald's life dates.
Gilbert Stuart McClintock was born on December 27, 1886 to Andrew Hamilton McClintock and Eleanor Welles McClintock. He studied both his bachelor’s and his law degree at the Lawrenceville School in New Jersey. With what many of his contemporaries dubbed a man with “one foot in the 19th century and another in the 20th,” Gilbert McClintock rose to prominence in the Wilkes-Barre region for his various professional ties in companies such as the Glen Alden Coal Company and the Wilkes University Board of Trustees in 1938, earning the nickname “Mr. Wilkes-Barre.” His style of leadership has been described as “pragmatic” and as “idealistic and theoretical”. As can be seen in the many collections he compiled, history and art played a prominent role in Gilbert’s life, as he worked to collect and curate a dynamic and rare collection we see in his donations to the college.
Pirie MacDonald was born on January 27, 1867. He was a popular American portrait photographer based in New York. Throughout his career, MacDonald photographed over 70,000 men, many of them pivotal communal figures, including international heads of state, religious leaders, and artists.
Location:
New York
Transcription:
Printed inscription of copyright on both pieces:
Pirie Mac Donald Photographer of Men New York
A:
Gilbert S. McClintock
B:
Gilbert S. McClintock
Pirie Mac Donald Photographer of Men New York
A:
Gilbert S. McClintock
B:
Gilbert S. McClintock
Creator
- MacDonald, Pirie, 1867-1942 (Person)
Repository Details
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570-408-7823 (Fax)
ask.archives@wilkes.edu