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Nancy Witcher Astor

Portrait Gallery

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Object Details

Artist

Samuel Johnson Woolf, 12 Feb 1880 - 3 Dec 1948

Sitter

Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor, Viscountess Astor, 19 May 1879 - 2 May 1964

Credit Line

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of the artist's daughters, Muriel Woolf Hobson and Dorothy Woolf Ahern © Estate of S.J. Woolf

Date

1928

Object number

NPG.87.155

Restrictions & Rights

CC0

Type

Drawing

Medium

Charcoal and chalk on paper

Dimensions

Image: 46 × 36 cm (18 1/8 × 14 3/16")
Sheet: 57 × 48.4 cm (22 7/16 × 19 1/16")

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Location

Currently not on view

Data Source

National Portrait Gallery

Topic

Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor, Viscountess Astor: Female
Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor, Viscountess Astor: Arts and Culture\Society Figure\Socialite
Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor, Viscountess Astor: Politics and Government\Aristocrat\Viscountess
Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor, Viscountess Astor: Politics and Government\Parliamentarian
Portrait

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm47d2966d7-365c-4c27-8815-5b7911836c7e

Record ID

npg_NPG.87.155

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