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W. E. B. Du Bois

National Portrait Gallery
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Object Details

Artist
Winold Reiss, 16 Sep 1886 - 29 Aug 1953
Sitter
William Edward Burghardt Du Bois, 23 Feb 1868 - 27 Aug 1963
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; purchase funded by Lawrence A. Fleischman and Howard Garfinkle with a matching grant from the National Endowment for the Arts
1925
Object number
NPG.72.79
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Type
Drawing
Medium
Pastel on illustration paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 76 × 55 cm (29 15/16 × 21 5/8")
Image: 71.5 × 55 cm (28 1/8 × 21 5/8")
Frame (Verified): 88 × 68 cm (34 5/8 × 26 3/4")
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Topic
Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Mustache
Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Goatee
Costume\Dress Accessory\Neckwear\Tie\Necktie
William Edward Burghardt Du Bois: Male
William Edward Burghardt Du Bois: Literature\Writer
William Edward Burghardt Du Bois: Education and Scholarship\Educator\Professor\University
William Edward Burghardt Du Bois: Literature\Writer\Poet
William Edward Burghardt Du Bois: Society and Social Change\Reformer\Activist\Civil rights activist\Civil rights leader
William Edward Burghardt Du Bois: Literature\Editor
Portrait
Record ID
npg_NPG.72.79
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4da06d78a-75a2-4ce5-a1d3-cb7954c3a207
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