Artist:

Yousuf Karsh, 23 Dec 1908 - 13 Jul 2002  Search this

Sitter:

Polly Thomson, 1885 - 1960  Search this

Helen Adams Keller, 27 Jun 1880 - 1 Jun 1968  Search this

Medium:

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions:

Image: 25.5 × 31.6 cm (10 1/16 × 12 7/16")

Sheet: 35.4 × 42.8 cm (13 15/16 × 16 7/8")

Mount: 40.7 × 48.3 cm (16 × 19")

Mat (Karsh exhibit): 55.9 × 71.1 cm (22 × 28")

Type:

Photograph

Date:

1948

Topic:

Printed Material\Book  Search this

Helen Adams Keller: Female  Search this

Helen Adams Keller: Arts & Culture\Literature\Writer  Search this

Helen Adams Keller: Arts & Culture\Education and Scholarship\Educator\Lecturer  Search this

Helen Adams Keller: Social Welfare and Reform\Reformer\Social reformer  Search this

Helen Adams Keller: Arts & Culture\Literature\Writer\Novelist  Search this

Helen Adams Keller: Social Welfare and Reform\Reformer\Humanitarian  Search this

Helen Adams Keller: Arts & Culture\Literature\Writer\Essayist  Search this

Helen Adams Keller: Person with a disability\Blind person  Search this

Helen Adams Keller: Person with a disability\Deaf person  Search this

Helen Adams Keller: Civilian awards\Presidential Medal of Freedom  Search this

Polly Thomson: Female  Search this

Polly Thomson: Arts & Culture\Performing Arts\Performer\Actor  Search this

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Estrellita Karsh in memory of Yousuf Karsh

Object number:

NPG.2012.77.59

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

Copyright:

© Estate of Yousuf Karsh

See more items in:

National Portrait Gallery Collection

Location:

Currently not on view

Data Source:

National Portrait Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4e36ba938-bfa9-41ac-ad24-b73f760cbb77

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_NPG.2012.77.59