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Eldridge Cleaver

Portrait Gallery

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Object Details

Artist

Stephen Shames, born 1947

Sitter

Eldridge Cleaver, 1935 - 1998

Credit Line

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Date

1968

Object number

NPG.2001.54

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Copyright

© Stephen Shames

Type

Photograph

Medium

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions

Image/Sheet: 13.8 × 12.3 cm (5 7/16 × 4 13/16")
Mat: 45.7 × 35.6cm (18 × 14")

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National Portrait Gallery Collection

Location

Currently not on view

Data Source

National Portrait Gallery

Topic

Printed Material\Book
Exterior\Cityscape
Equipment\Sign
Costume\Dress Accessory\Eyeglasses\Sunglasses
Human Figures\Crowd
Costume\Outerwear\Coat\Jacket\Leather jacket
Eldridge Cleaver: Male
Eldridge Cleaver: Arts and Culture\Literature\Writer
Eldridge Cleaver: Arts and Culture\Education and Scholarship\Educator\Lecturer
Eldridge Cleaver: Social Welfare and Reform\Reformer\Social reformer\Civil rights activist
Eldridge Cleaver: Religion and Spirituality\Founder\Church founder
Portrait

Metadata Usage

Usage conditions apply

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4147a071b-1068-4100-833b-a5b0845bda3f

Record ID

npg_NPG.2001.54

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