Portrait of Edward Twichell. Ware

Title: Portrait of Edward Twichell. Ware
Date: 1925
References: https://digital.janeaddams.ramapo.edu/items/show/1896; https://glamportal.auctr.edu/items/show/2863
Description: Painting
Abstract: Edward Ware was the son of Edmund Asa Ware, the first President of Atlanta University. Edward himself was the third President of the University from 1907 to 1919. Prior to this, he attended Yale University and then became Northern Secretary for Atlanta University. He was also a reverend and was appointed Chaplain of the university in 1901. In 1907 he was elected President, and he added classes in industrial arts and education. The University also collaborated with Morehouse College, an African American college, in offering a Business Law and Ethics course during Ware's presidency.
Medium: Oil on canvas
30 x 26 in
Creator: Edwin A. Harlston
Rights: Clark Atlanta University Art Museum