Library Artwork Collection

The Library’s artwork collection has a wide selection of portraits, prints, paintings, maps, sculptures, and busts. It includes portraits of Duke faculty members, paintings of the US Army 65th General Hospital, and a bust and portrait of James B. Duke. The Chatham Collection contains prints from the 1800s and 1900s and was donated to the library in the 1930s by Thurmond Chatham and features Audubon illustrations, race horses, and numerous harbor scenes. One seascape painting is attributed to Sir William Osler. The Library is also the repository for various bronze plaques that were initially installed in the School of Medicine when located in the Davison building.

Total Works (176)

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  Title
 
 

Solitary Sandpiper

1835
Print 122
 
 

Argali

circa 1830
Print 70
 
 

A View of Lake George

undated
Print 72
 
 
 
 

Back-Hander -- Cuthbert Bradley's Polo Incidents.

1901
Print 25. Framed polo scene.