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Shields Green's Choice

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Object Details

Artist

Marshall D. Rumbaugh, 6 Mar 1948 - 23 Jul 2023

Sitter

Shields Green, 1836? - 16 Dec 1859
John Brown, 9 May 1800 - 2 Dec 1859
Frederick Douglass, Feb 1818 - 20 Feb 1895

Credit Line

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Date

2021

Object number

NPG.2022.171

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Copyright

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
© 2021 Marshall D. Rumbaugh

Type

Sculpture

Medium

Hand-carved, painted linden wood relief

Dimensions

With Base: 87.3 × 126 × 18.9 cm (34 3/8 × 49 5/8 × 7 7/16")

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National Portrait Gallery Collection

Location

Currently not on view

Data Source

National Portrait Gallery

Topic

Printed Material\Document
Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Beard
Sculpture
Costume\Dress Accessory\Neckwear\Tie\Bowtie
Costume\Footwear\Boots
Human Figures
Costume\Outerwear\Coat\Jacket
Frederick Douglass: Male
Frederick Douglass: Arts and Culture\Literature\Writer
Frederick Douglass: Arts and Culture\Education and Scholarship\Educator\Lecturer
Frederick Douglass: Arts and Culture\Journalism and Media\Newspaper publisher
Frederick Douglass: Politics and Government\Diplomat\Minister
Frederick Douglass: Social Welfare and Reform\Reformer\Social reformer\Civil rights activist\Abolitionist
Frederick Douglass: Law and Crime\Enslaved person
John Brown: Male
John Brown: Social Welfare and Reform\Reformer\Social reformer\Civil rights activist\Abolitionist
Shields Green: Male
Shields Green: Social Welfare and Reform\Reformer\Social reformer\Civil rights activist\Abolitionist
Shields Green: Law and Crime\Enslaved person
Shields Green: Social Welfare and Reform\Reformer\Rebel\Insurrectionist
Portrait

Metadata Usage

Usage conditions apply

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4e6422e0b-8fcc-458d-815e-b06a1803acb0

Record ID

npg_NPG.2022.171

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