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Creator:

Colonna, Farrell: Design.  Search this

Fleckner, John A., 1941-  Search this

Farrell, John, 1944-  Search this

Crew, Spencer R., 1949-  Search this

Colonna, Ralph, 1937-  Search this

Extent:

2.1 Cubic feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Packaging

Oral history

Labels

Design drawings

Audiocassettes

Date:

1975-1997

Summary:

Original artwork and final prints of wine labels, files on work for other clients, plus audio tapes of an interview of Farrell.

Scope and Contents:

The collection consists of eight series, the largest, Series I, being the wine labels. This series is arranged alphabetically by the name of the producer and each winery is in a separate folder. At times the name of the wine is different than the name of the producer and sometimes the winery produces wines under more than one name. If there is more than one name or if the name of the wine is different than the name of the producer, these other names are listed in parentheses following the name of the winery. Often the name of the winery changes, usually in minor way such as changing the designation from cellars or winery to vineyards or some combination of these terms. To the extent possible, the latest name is used. All wines produced by each winery are in the same folder. The labels consist of various preliminary drawings, more refined drawings and presentations, mounted presentations and printed labels and loose printed labels. Some or all of these types may be available for each winery. In some cases there is no indication whether or not Colonna, Farrell received the commission to create the final designs, as the only way we have of knowing that is if the final printed label is in the collection.

Series II consists of designs for various presentations to The Monterey Vineyard. The first folder contains drawings and some design mockups. The remaining four folders of the series each contains a special presentation of mounted designs. Series III is a set of handmade containers containing designs created by the firm. These special cases were carried by John Farrell and Ralph Colonna when they visited wineries to make a presentation in an attempt to obtain new business.

Series IV consists of one folder containing ideas for labels that cannot be attributed to any particular winery and older labels that were collected for inspiration. Series V is a folder containing work for clients not in the wine business. Series VI contains company information such as letterhead, a brochure and an article. Series VII is miscellaneous material and Series VIII is an interview of John Farrell conducted by John Fleckner and Spencer Crew of the National Museum of American History on April 17, 1997. There are two sets of tapes, an original and a duplicate, and only the duplicate is to be used by researchers.

Arrangement:

The collection is divided into eight series.

Biography:

John Farrell was born on Long Island, New York in 1944 and grew up in Minneapolis/St. Paul where his family had moved in early 1945. He had an early interest in art and design and started doing commercial design work while still in high school and continued to support himself as a designer in college. He attended the University of Minnesota. from 1962 through 1964 when he transferred to California State University-Hayward, from which he graduated after majoring in Art/Design. After college he moved to Denver to take a design position and then, in 1971, started a business there. In 1972 he did graduate work in design at Denver University, but did not receive a degree. Mr. Farrell wanted to return to California and in 1974 he followed his dream, settling in the Napa Valley.

Mr. Farrell started working out of his home, visiting local printers to find out who was working with them. When the printers told him "the wineries" he started talking to wine people. He said that he found a real need in Napa to put together packaging and help what were then local farming people with small businesses. Because of his skills, he was able to offer his clients a complete package, from the start of the design process to the finish.

Ralph Colonna was also born on the East Coast, in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania in 1937. His family moved to California in 1944 when his father was transferred there and he grew up in the Upland, Ontario area of the Los Angeles Basin. He majored in advertising and graphic design at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California in 1957-58, but did not graduate. From 1958 to 1961 Mr. Colonna worked for a number of design firms, until he started his own firm in Westwood in 1961. The firm moved a number of times as it grew to its maximum size of forty people. He sold the studio in 1971 and moved to the Napa Valley where he opened a gourmet cookware store, which still exists, at "Vintage 1870", an old warehouse and winery, in Yountville. While he had the store, Mr. Colonna did some graphics work for other stores in the area. The store was sold in 1978 so he could concentrate on the design business that he had started with Mr. Farrell.

John Farrell and Ralph Colonna met in 1974 and John Farrell showed his work to Ralph Colonna, who liked the work. In 1975 Mr. Colonna said he had been asked to make a presentation for a package design system to Domaine Chandon, which was just being built. Mr. Colonna and Mr. Farrell collaborated on the presentation, but did not get the job. However they enjoyed working together and decided to work together on some other projects though they kept their businesses independent.

History:

Messrs. Farrell and Colonna started to share work space and costs in 1975 and in 1976 decided to go into business in St. Helena together. In those early days, it was easy to set up a design shop and Mr. Farrell likes to say that it could be done for less than $100, as all that was needed was a T square and a drawing board.

Jeffery Caldewey had an office in the same building and was also doing early label design. In 1976 they all decided to join forces to avoid useless competition. Initially the company was a partnership called Colonna, Caldewey, Farrell: Designers. When Mr. Caldewey left the company in 1982 and went out on his own, the name of the business was changed to Colonna, Farrell: Design, the name under which it operated until October, 1999 when the name was changed to CF.NAPA. The business was incorporated in California in 1981 under the name of Design Research Institute Inc. As the company grew, it moved several times in St.Helena and in October, 1999 it moved to Napa after merging with LA6A, which also has offices in Cincinnati, Chicago and New York.

Once Messrs. Colonna and Farrell established themselves as credible package designers, many area wineries wanted to get to know them and their company. The company put together presentations and the principals went to various wineries to promote themselves. In effect they were salesmen as well as designers, but it enabled them to build relationships with various well known wineries such as Beringer, Mondavi, and Sutter Home, even though they might not be the sole supplier of design.

The wine business, however, began to change. New owners came in, many of whom had not been in the wine business before but had been doctors, brokers, etc. They were often looking for a life style change more than they were trying to make a lot of money. The idea was to live in a beautiful place and have a small business. Colonna, Farrell worked with these new people and they became a large part of the company's business.

The early Colonna Farrell designs parroted what was being done in French labeling at the time. This was a traditional look and helped establish credibility. But this changed for a number of reasons: the wineries wanted to look different from each other and Colonna, Farrell: Design didn't want to be identified with any particular "look". This led the company to establish relationships with various designers, illustrators, photographers and artists in general, in order to make its product designs more unique, a practice that continues to this day, though most of the design work is created by employees of the company.

After a while, many of the larger wineries began to be acquired by companies that were not from the Napa Valley. Often these were large conglomerates or distilleries such as Hiram Walker and Seagrams and the wineries were only a small portion of their business. This changed the complexion of many established wineries.

It also changed the way Colonna, Farrell did business, as the headquarters of the parent companies often were not in the Napa Valley. Messrs. Farrell and Colonna felt they had to pursue business where the headquarters were. This meant traveling to meet the decision makers and impress them with the company's range of services. It also led to new types of work for the company, though the focus was still in beverages. Most importantly, it meant that the principals did less and less design work and more and more sales and marketing and administration. But it also led to creating a business that was not totally dependent on the principals.

At the same time the nature of design work was changing. When the company was started, most of the work was done by hand, but today computers play a much larger role in the design process. A similar pivotal change was occurring in the printing industry as new technology allowed labels to change from simple rectangular shapes to die cuts, embossing, foil stamps, and other fanciful and complex techniques.

The company is now also involved in packaging design so that every facet of the identity of the winery is controlled. This includes, in addition to the labels, packaging, bottle shape, shipper cartons, gift packs, and promotional materials. The company also has the capability of dealing with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and comparable regulators overseas. The business is still evolving and is now going beyond design into marketing and Colonna, Farrell, as a leader in the industry, is also evolving.

Related Materials:

Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, ca. 1724-1977 (Subject Category: Wine)

Provenance:

This collection was donated to the National Museum of American History, Archives Center on November 17, 1997 by John Farrell and Ralph Colonna, the principals of CF.NAPA, previously know as Colonna, Farrell: Design.

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Topic:

Wine labels  Search this

Wine and wine making  Search this

Genre/Form:

Packaging

Oral history

Labels

Design drawings

Audiocassettes

Citation:

Colonna, Farrell Wine Label Collection, 1975-1997, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.0626

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Colonna, Farrell Wine Label Collection

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8c66cce96-012e-4789-9b22-3467d3614239

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-0626

Creator:

Smithsonian Magazine  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Podcast

MIME Type:

audio/mpeg

Uploaded:

Wed, 20 Jan 2010 15:00:00 EST

Topic:

Inventions  Search this

Innovations  Search this

See more episodes:

Smithsonian magazine's Museum Day September 25th 2010

Data Source:

Smithsonian Magazine

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:podcasts_e96d4c177d8fdb7ed961188518b06d1a

Creator:

Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2016-08-17T20:53:13.000Z

YouTube Category:

Travel & Events  Search this

Topic:

Cultural property  Search this

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Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage

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Creator:

National Museum of the American Indian  Search this

Type:

Symposia

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2019-09-25T19:57:13.000Z

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Education  Search this

Topic:

Native Americans;American Indians  Search this

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National Museum of the American Indian

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edanmdm:yt_3xOW8kTYz6s

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National Museum of the American Indian  Search this

Type:

Symposia

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

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Topic:

Native Americans;American Indians  Search this

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Creator:

National Museum of the American Indian  Search this

Type:

Symposia

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2016-03-28T17:38:48.000Z

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Native Americans;American Indians  Search this

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edanmdm:yt_cWwibTk2MnM

Creator:

National Portrait Gallery  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

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Entertainment  Search this

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Portraits  Search this

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National Portrait Gallery

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NatlPortraitGallery

EDAN-URL:

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Creator:

Smithsonian American Art Museum  Search this

Type:

Conversations and talks

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2021-05-07T13:56:02.000Z

YouTube Category:

Education  Search this

Topic:

Art, American  Search this

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Creator:

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

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2021-03-18T00:14:20.000Z

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Entertainment  Search this

Topic:

Art, modern  Search this

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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

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hirshhornmuseum

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_FkJrjFSUres

Creator:

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

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2022-05-27T17:36:40.000Z

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Entertainment  Search this

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Art, modern  Search this

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Data Source:

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

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hirshhornmuseum

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_bimSUTUX21I

Sculptor:

Unknown  Search this

Medium:

Sculpture: bronze; Base: marble

Type:

Sculptures

Owner/Location:

Administered by University of California at Los Angeles Jules Stein Eye Institute 100 Stein Plaza Los Angeles California 90024

Located University of California at Los Angeles Doris Stein Eye Research Center, Lobby Los Angeles California

Topic:

Figure male--Nude  Search this

State of Being--Disabled--Blind  Search this

Control number:

IAS CA000318

Data Source:

Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_ari_318873

Sculptor:

Sheets, Tony 1942-  Search this

Medium:

Cast concrete

Culture:

Indian  Search this

Spanish  Search this

Chinese  Search this

Type:

Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture

Sculptures-Relief

Sculptures-Architectural component

Sculptures

Owner/Location:

Administered by Los Angeles Times Times Mirror Square Los Angeles California

Located Los Angeles Times Parking Garage Broadway Street near 2nd Street Los Angeles California

Date:

1988-1989

Topic:

History--United States--California  Search this

Figure group  Search this

Ethnic  Search this

Object--Foodstuff--Nuts  Search this

Occupation--Religion--Clergy  Search this

Architecture--Religious--Mission  Search this

Equestrian  Search this

Occupation--Other--Explorer  Search this

Architecture--Boat--Sailing Ship  Search this

Object--Tool--Shovel  Search this

Object--Tool--Axe  Search this

Architecture--Vehicle--Train  Search this

Occupation--Labor  Search this

Architecture--Vehicle--Carriage  Search this

Occupation--Other--Cowboy  Search this

Animal--Cattle  Search this

Occupation--Education--Teacher  Search this

Architecture--Education  Search this

Landscape--Orchard--Orange Grove  Search this

Architecture--Machine--Oil Rig  Search this

Architecture--Industry--Waterwork  Search this

Architecture--Vehicle--Spacecraft  Search this

Architecture--Vehicle--Airplane  Search this

Cityscape--California--Los Angeles  Search this

Occupation--Art--Architect  Search this

Object--Other--Computer  Search this

Occupation--Science  Search this

Recreation--Sport & Play--Basketball  Search this

State of Being--Disabled--Physical Disability  Search this

Dress--Ethnic--Spanish Dress  Search this

Control number:

IAS CA001379

Data Source:

Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_ari_337286

Sculptor:

Rogers, Randolph 1825-1892  Search this

Medium:

Marble

Type:

Sculptures

Owner/Location:

Los Angeles County Museum of Art 5905 Wilshire Boulevard Los Angeles California 90036 Accession Number: 78.4

Date:

Modeled 1855. Carved ca. 1888

Topic:

Literature--Character--Nydia  Search this

Literature--Bulwer-Lytton--Last Days of Pompeii  Search this

State of Being--Disabled--Blind  Search this

Control number:

IAS 02960003

Data Source:

Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_ari_352780

Creator:

Zorthian, Jirayr, 1912-2004  Search this

Type:

Video recordings

Drawings

Citation:

Jirayr Zorthian papers, circa 1937-2004. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Theme:

Sketches & Sketchbooks  Search this

Lives of artists  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)6517

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)215776

AAA_collcode_zortjira

Theme:

Sketches & Sketchbooks

Lives of artists

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_215776

Artist:

Garry Winogrand, born New York City 1928-died Tijuana, Mexico 1984  Search this

Publisher:

Double Elephant Press  Search this

Medium:

gelatin silver print

Dimensions:

sheet: 8 5/8 x 12 7/8 in. (21.8 x 32.8 cm.)

Type:

Photography-Photoprint

Date:

1969, printed 1974

Topic:

Figure group\female and child  Search this

State of being\disabled  Search this

Cityscape\California\Los Angeles  Search this

Cityscape\street\Hollywood  Search this

Cityscape\street\Vine Street  Search this

Credit Line:

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase

Copyright:

© 1974, Estate of Garry Winogrand

Object number:

1985.36.11

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection

Department:

Graphic Arts

Data Source:

Smithsonian American Art Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk78080318a-5161-4059-b608-193137f2a7bb

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:saam_1985.36.11

Artist:

Cauleen Smith, born Riverside, CA 1967  Search this

Medium:

digital video, color, sound; 07:41 minutes

Type:

Media Arts

Date:

2017

Topic:

Landscape  Search this

Architecture Exterior  Search this

Credit Line:

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase made possible by the SJ Weiler Fund

Copyright:

© 2020, Cauleen Smith

Object number:

2020.54.2

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection

Department:

Time-Based Media Art

Data Source:

Smithsonian American Art Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7d74d9862-1373-4f14-a99b-40e5944ef912

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:saam_2020.54.2

Creator:

Koplin Del Rio Gallery  Search this

Koplin Gallery (Santa Monica, Calif.)  Search this

Names:

Koplin Gallery (Los Angeles, Calif.)  Search this

Extent:

4 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Video recordings

Sound recordings

Date:

1972-2006

Summary:

The Koplin Gallery and Koplin Del Rio Gallery records measure 4.0 linear feet and date from 1972 to 2006. The records document the history of the galleries through photographic material, loan agreements, press releases, and other exhibition files for specific exhibitions, as well as exhibition catalogs, resumes, photographic material, and other materials on artists who have exhibited at the gallieries.

Scope and Contents:

The Koplin Gallery and Koplin Del Rio Gallery records measure 4.0 linear feet and date from 1972 to 2006. The records document the history of the galleries through photographic material, loan agreements, press releases, and other exhibition files for specific exhibitions, as well as exhibition catalogs, resumes, photographic material, and other materials on artists who have exhibited at the gallieries.

Exhibition files consist of inventories, loan agreements, press releases, and some photographic material for specific exhibitions held at the galleries. Some of the exhibitions include "Figure Heads & Red Herrings," "Drawings," "Eleven Former LA Artists Who Went to NY," and some of the annual International Contmeporary Art Fair files from 1986 to 1993. The "Figure Heads & Red Herrings" exhibition also contains video recording related to the exhibition.

Artist files were compiled for artists who have exhibited at the gallery. Some of the included materials in the files are resumes, photographic material, exhibition announcements and catalogs, and newspaper and magazine clippings. Some of the files also contain audio and video recordings of the artists. Some of the artists include Ida Applebroog, Sandow Birk, Joan Brown, Robert Conal, Minoko Grimmer, Martha Koplin, and Eleana Del Rio. Some of the files also contain material on the artists from before the gallery was founded.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged into two series.

Series 1: Exhibition Files, 1982-2004 (0.6 linear feet; Box 1)

Series 2: Artist Files, 1972-2006 (3.4 linear feet; Boxes 1-4)

Biographical / Historical:

Koplin Gallery opened in West Hollywood, Calif. under the direction of Martha Koplin in 1982. In 1996, Eleana Del Rio became business partners with Koplin. In 2002, at Koplin's retirement, the name changed to Koplin Del Rio Gallery.

Provenance:

Donated 2007 and 2009 by Eleana Del Rio, gallery director and Martha Koplin, retired Koplin Gallery director.

Restrictions:

This collection is open for research. Access to original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center. Researchers interested in accessing audiovisual recordings in this collection must use access copies. Contact References Services for more information.

Rights:

The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.

Function:

Art galleries, Commercial -- California

Genre/Form:

Video recordings

Sound recordings

Citation:

Koplin Gallery and Koplin Del Rio Gallery Records, 1972-2006. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

The processing of this collection received Federal support from the Smithsonian Collections Care and Preservation Fund, administered by the National Collections Program and the Smithsonian Collections Advisory Committee.

Identifier:

AAA.kopldelr

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Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9e60354c2-e6da-4cf7-ab30-5a7b57b1e132

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-kopldelr

Creator:

National Museum of the American Indian  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2016-02-16T17:49:49.000Z

YouTube Category:

Education  Search this

Topic:

Native Americans;American Indians  Search this

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Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

YouTube Channel:

SmithsonianNMAI

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_rtbwoKC_pXw

Creator:

Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Program  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2017-06-27T17:27:11.000Z

YouTube Category:

Nonprofits & Activism  Search this

Topic:

Asian Americans  Search this

See more by:

apacenter

Data Source:

Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Program

YouTube Channel:

apacenter

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_LRoQGJa6rZM

Artist:

Barbara Carrasco, born 1955  Search this

Sitter:

Antonia Hernandez, born 1948  Search this

Medium:

Screenprint on paper

Dimensions:

Sheet: 66.5 × 51.3 cm (26 3/16 × 20 3/16")

Type:

Print

Date:

2005

Topic:

Antonia Hernandez: Female  Search this

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; acquired through the generosity of David C. Ward

Object number:

S/NPG.2015.22

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

Copyright:

© Barbara Carrasco

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National Portrait Gallery Collection

Data Source:

National Portrait Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4aa0f9cc0-6b5d-493c-aff9-d353766ee965

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_S_NPG.2015.22