Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Object Details

Artist

Ernst Haas, 2 Mar 1921 - 12 Sep 1986

Sitter

Martin Luther King Jr., 15 Jan 1929 - 4 Apr 1968

Credit Line

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Date

April 11, 1963

Object number

NPG.85.87

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Copyright

Type

Photograph

Medium

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions

Image: 34.4 × 22.6 cm (13 9/16 × 8 7/8")

Sheet: 35.4 × 28.1 cm (13 15/16 × 11 1/16")

Mat: 55.9 × 40.7 cm (22 × 16")

Place

United States\Alabama\Jefferson\Birmingham

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National Portrait Gallery Collection

Location

Currently not on view

Data Source

National Portrait Gallery

Topic

Printed Material

Costume\Jewelry\Ring

Home Furnishings\Furniture\Table

Printed Material\Papers

Equipment\Sound Devices\Microphone

Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Mustache

Home Furnishings\Drinking vessel\Glass

Equipment\Camera

Costume\Dress Accessory\Neckwear\Tie\Necktie

Costume\Jewelry\Watch\Wrist watch

Martin Luther King Jr.: Male

Martin Luther King Jr.: Social Welfare and Reform\Reformer\Social reformer\Civil rights activist\Civil rights leader

Martin Luther King Jr.: Religion and Spirituality\Clergy\Minister

Martin Luther King Jr.: Nobel Prize

Martin Luther King Jr.: Civilian awards\Presidential Medal of Freedom

Martin Luther King Jr.: Civilian awards\Congressional Gold Medal

Portrait

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