Orson Welles

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Object Details

Artist

Harry Warnecke, 1900 - 1984

Lee Elkins, active 1930s–1950s

Sitter

Orson Welles, 6 May 1915 - 10 Oct 1985

Credit Line

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Elsie M. Warnecke

Date

1939

Object number

NPG.94.50

Restrictions & Rights

CC0

Type

Photograph

Medium

Carbro print

Dimensions

Image: 42.3 x 32.5 cm (16 5/8 x 12 13/16")

Sheet: 43.4 x 33.7 cm (17 1/16 x 13 1/4")

Mount: 51 x 38 cm (20 1/16 x 14 15/16")

Mat: 71.1 x 55.9 cm (28 x 22")

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Location

Currently not on view

Data Source

National Portrait Gallery

Topic

Interior

Equipment\Sound Devices\Microphone

Orson Welles: Male

Orson Welles: Arts and Culture\Performing Arts\Theater\Stage actor

Orson Welles: Arts and Culture\Performing Arts\Film\Film director

Orson Welles: Arts and Culture\Performing Arts\Film\Film producer

Orson Welles: Arts and Culture\Performing Arts\Film\Movie actor

Orson Welles: Arts and Culture\Performing Arts\Theater\Theater director

Orson Welles: Arts and Culture\Performing Arts\Performer\Radio performer

Orson Welles: Arts and Culture\Literature\Writer\Screenwriter

Orson Welles: Arts and Culture\Performing Arts\Theater\Theater producer

Orson Welles: Performing arts awards\Academy Award

Portrait

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm43ab545a5-37e2-43f7-873d-1236e44abbf8

Record ID

npg_NPG.94.50