Little Caesar
Datec. 1921
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsCanvas: 23 1/4 × 19 3/4 inches (59.1 × 50.2 cm)
Framed: 28 × 24 inches (71.1 × 61 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase and partial gift of the Unitarian Universalist Church, Savannah, GA.
Object number2013.9
Copyright© Christopher Cole Murphy.
The images and text contained on this page are owned by Telfair Museums or used by the Museum with permission from the owners. Unauthorized reproduction, transmission or display of these materials is prohibited with the exception of items deemed “fair use” as defined by U.S. and international copyright laws.Label TextThis portrait of a young boy by Savannah artist Christopher A. D. Murphy is one of the artist’s most striking and sensitively-painted works. The vigorous brushwork of the canvas calls to mind the striking portraits of the legendary leader of the Ashcan school, Robert Henri. In fact, as a young art student in New York, Murphy eagerly attended Henri’s lectures and included descriptions of them in letters home to his parents in Savannah.
