The Lambs’ Archives^®

Willard Leroy Metcalf (July 1, 1858 – March 9, 1925) was an American artist born in Lowell, Massachusetts. He studied at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and later attended Académie Julian, Paris. After early figure-painting and illustration, he became prominent as a landscape painter. He was… Continue reading →

William Rutherford Mead (August 20, 1846 – June 19, 1928) was an American architect who was the “Center of the Office” of McKim, Mead, and White, a noted Gilded Age architectural firm. The firm’s other two founding partners were also Lambs members: Charles Follen McKim (1847–1909), and Stanford White (1853–1906).

Charles Follen McKim was an American Beaux-Arts architect of the late 19th century. Along with fellow Lambs William Rutherford Mead and Stanford White, he provided the architectural expertise as a member of the partnership McKim, Mead & White.

Otto Kruger (September 6, 1885 – September 6, 1974) was an actor, a Broadway matinee idol, who established a niche as a charming villain in films, such as Hitchcock’s Saboteur. He also appeared in CBS’s Perry Mason and other TV series. He was elected to The Lambs in 1916 as… Continue reading →