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Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Object Details

Artist

Ernest C. Withers, 7 Aug 1922 - 15 Oct 2007

Sitter

Martin Luther King Jr., 15 Jan 1929 - 4 Apr 1968
Ralph David Abernathy, 11 Mar 1926 - 17 Apr 1990

Credit Line

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution © Dr. Ernest C. Withers, Sr. courtesy of the Withers Family Trust www.witherscollection.org

Date

1956 (printed later)

Object number

NPG.98.56

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Copyright

© Ernest C. Withers

Type

Photograph

Medium

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions

Image: 37.7 x 45.3cm (14 13/16 x 17 13/16")
Sheet: 40.5 x 50.3cm (15 15/16 x 19 13/16")
Mat: 55.9 x 71.1cm (22 x 28")

Place

United States\Alabama\Montgomery

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National Portrait Gallery Collection

Location

Currently not on view

Data Source

National Portrait Gallery

Topic

Interior
Costume\Headgear\Hat
Ralph David Abernathy: Male
Ralph David Abernathy: Arts and Culture\Literature\Writer
Ralph David Abernathy: Social Welfare and Reform\Reformer\Social reformer\Civil rights activist\Civil rights leader
Ralph David Abernathy: Religion and Spirituality\Clergy\Minister
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

Metadata Usage

Usage conditions apply

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm443272611-faf1-40b3-9f44-48a7497f0c40

Record ID

npg_NPG.98.56

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