Samuel L. Clemens (Mark Twain)
Object Details
- Artist
- John White Alexander, 7 Oct 1856 - 31 May 1915
- Sitter
- Samuel Langhorne Clemens, 30 Nov 1835 - 21 Apr 1910
- Provenance
- (Barbara Guggenheim Associates, New York); purchased 1981 NPG
- Credit Line
- National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
- 1912 or 1913
- Object number
- NPG.81.116
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- Painting
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- Stretcher: 192.4 x 92.1 x 3.8cm (75 3/4 x 36 1/4 x 1 1/2")
- Frame: 210.2 x 109.2 x 7.6cm (82 3/4 x 43 x 3")
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- National Portrait Gallery Collection
- Location
- Currently not on view
- National Portrait Gallery
- Topic
- Equipment\Smoking Implements\Cigar
- Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Mustache
- Costume\Dress Accessory\Neckwear\Tie\Bowtie
- Samuel Langhorne Clemens: Male
- Samuel Langhorne Clemens: Arts & Culture\Journalism and Media\Journalist\Reporter\Newspaper
- Samuel Langhorne Clemens: Arts & Culture\Literature\Writer\Humorist
- Samuel Langhorne Clemens: Arts & Culture\Literature\Writer\Novelist
- Portrait
- Record ID
- npg_NPG.81.116
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4cd4ce89c-f9a1-4bab-a0cd-719a7f248094
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