APHIMINSTER PROCTOR, top of base; 1898 / GOLD MEDAL / PARIS EXPOSITION / 1900, top front edge of base; Paris, rear edge of base; COPY RT 1899, rear forward, proper left: COPY RT 1899, top left of base; PRESENTED TO / JOHN MATHER WALLIS / UPON HIS RETIREMENT AS GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT / BY THE EMPLOYEES OF THE VARIOUS SHOPS / OF THE PENNA R.R. DIVISION. THE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY / DECEMBER 31st 1902, bronze plaque front edge of base
A. PHIMISTER PROCTOR
copy rt 1899
Large
The artist; [?]; John Mather Wallis, Pennsylvania; Descent through family to John Mather Wallis, Dallas, TX; [William E. Johnson Fine Arts, Dallas, Texas, 2001]; present owner