Langston Hughes

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Object Details

Artist

Underwood & Underwood, active 1880 - c. 1950

Sitter

Langston Hughes, 1 Feb 1902 - 22 May 1967

Credit Line

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; acquired through the generosity of Elizabeth Ann Hylton

Date

1925

Object number

NPG.2011.101

Restrictions & Rights

CC0

Type

Photograph

Medium

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions

Image/Sheet: 22.1 x 15.7cm (8 11/16 x 6 3/16")

Mat: 55.9 x 40.6cm (22 x 16")

Place

United States\District of Columbia\Washington

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National Portrait Gallery Collection

Location

Currently not on view

Data Source

National Portrait Gallery

Topic

Costume\Headgear\Hat

Langston Hughes: Male

Langston Hughes: Arts and Culture\Literature\Writer\Poet

Langston Hughes: Arts and Culture\Literature\Writer\Librettist

Langston Hughes: Arts and Culture\Journalism and Media\Journalist\Columnist

Langston Hughes: Arts and Culture\Literature\Writer\Novelist

Langston Hughes: Arts and Culture\Education and Scholarship\Scholar\Translator

Langston Hughes: Arts and Culture\Literature\Writer\Playwright

Portrait

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm441790778-a204-4127-810e-abcfa7da3120

Record ID

npg_NPG.2011.101