W. H. Auden

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Object Details

Artist

Richard Francis Lahey, 1893 - 1979

Sitter

W. H. Auden, 21 Feb 1907 - 28 Sep 1973

Credit Line

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Date

c. 1955

Object number

NPG.2006.29

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Type

Drawing

Medium

Watercolor on paper

Dimensions

Sheet: 34.7 x 26.9cm (13 11/16 x 10 9/16")

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

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Location

Currently not on view

Data Source

National Portrait Gallery

Topic

Home Furnishings\Furniture\Table

Home Furnishings\Lighting Devices\Lamp

Equipment\Drafting & Writing Implements\Typewriter

W. H. Auden: Male

W. H. Auden: Arts and Culture\Literature\Writer\Poet

W. H. Auden: Arts and Culture\Literature\Writer\Playwright

W. H. Auden: Literary awards\Pulitzer Prize

Portrait

Metadata Usage

Not determined

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4c6c81251-60c7-4db0-a2b3-5a0b74f25ef1

Record ID

npg_NPG.2006.29