Theodore Roosevelt
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Object Details
- Artist
- Alvin Langdon Coburn, 11 Jun 1882 - 23 Nov 1966
- Sitter
- Theodore Roosevelt, 27 Oct 1858 - 6 Jan 1919
- Exhibition Label
- Born New York City
- Theodore Roosevelt was one of the most pictured men of his era. From the beginning of his career as a New York assembly member in the early 1880s to his death in 1919, he was always in the public eye.
- Alvin Langdon Coburn took this photograph of Roosevelt at the White House on April 1, 1907, five months before Roosevelt sent the Great White Fleet on an international tour. The cannon in Ivanowski’s nearby painting may reference Roosevelt’s efforts to strengthen the U.S. Navy.
- Only twenty-four, Coburn was already widely respected. Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw, another one of his famous sitters, called him “the greatest photographer in the world.” There was no denying the vibrancy of Coburn’s portraiture, the best of which he compiled in Men of Mark (1913). This image of Roosevelt was included among the book’s thirty-three prints of American and European authors, artists, and politicians.
- Nacido en la Ciudad de Nueva York
- Theodore Roosevelt fue uno de los hombres más retratados de su tiempo. Desde los inicios de su carrera como asambleísta de Nueva York a principios de la década de 1880 hasta su muerte en 1919, estuvo siempre ante la mirada pública.
- Alvin Langdon Coburn tomó esta fotografía en la Casa Blanca el 1 de abril de 1907, cinco meses antes de que Roosevelt enviara a la Gran Flota Blanca en una gira internacional. En la cercana pintura de Ivanowski, es posible que el cañón aluda a los esfuerzos de Roosevelt por vigorizar la Marina de EE.UU.
- Con solo 24 años, Coburn ya era muy respetado. El dramaturgo irlandés George Bernard Shaw, otro de sus retratados famosos, dijo que era “el mejor fotógrafo del mundo”. No cabe duda de la vitalidad de las obras de Coburn, quien compiló las mejores en Men of Mark (1913). Esta imagen de Roosevelt aparece entre los 33 retratos de escritores, artistas y políticos que incluye el libro.
- Credit Line
- National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
- April 1, 1907 (printed 1913)
- Object number
- NPG.77.311
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Copyright
- © Estate of Alvin Langdon Coburn/ Universal Order
- Type
- Photograph
- Medium
- Photogravure
- Dimensions
- Image: 19.7 × 16.4 cm (7 3/4 × 6 7/16")
- Sheet: 21.6 × 17.6 cm (8 1/2 × 6 15/16")
- Mat: 45.7 × 35.6 cm (18 × 14")
- Place
- United States\District of Columbia\Washington
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- National Portrait Gallery Collection
- Exhibition
- America's Presidents (Reinstallation September 2017)
- On View
- NPG, West Gallery 210
- National Portrait Gallery
- Topic
- Interior
- Costume\Jewelry\Pin\Tie pin
- Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Mustache
- Costume\Dress Accessory\Eyeglasses\Pince-nez
- Costume\Dress Accessory\Neckwear\Tie\Necktie
- Theodore Roosevelt: Male
- Theodore Roosevelt: Politics and Government\State Legislator\New York
- Theodore Roosevelt: Literature\Writer
- Theodore Roosevelt: Politics and Government\Vice-President of US
- Theodore Roosevelt: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Colonel
- Theodore Roosevelt: Natural Resource Occupations\Explorer
- Theodore Roosevelt: Politics and Government\Governor\New York
- Theodore Roosevelt: Politics and Government\President of US
- Theodore Roosevelt: Education and Scholarship\Scholar\Historian
- Theodore Roosevelt: Society and Social Change\Reformer\Environmentalist
- Theodore Roosevelt: Natural Resource Occupations\Agriculturist\Rancher
- Theodore Roosevelt: Nobel Prize
- Portrait
- Record ID
- npg_NPG.77.311
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Usage conditions apply
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4fda97156-724d-4e92-a799-f1cdba99cfc1
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