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Artist
Jerry Spagnoli, born 14 Jan 1956
Sitter
Barack Hussein Obama, born 4 Aug 1961
Date
2009
Type
Photograph
Medium
Whole-plate daguerreotype
Dimensions
Image: 15.5 x 20.5 cm (6 1/8 x 8 1/16")
Plate: 16.3 x 21.5 cm (6 7/16 x 8 7/16")
Case Open: 40.2 x 25 x 1 cm (15 13/16 x 9 13/16 x 3/8")
Case Closed: 20 x 25 x 2.3 cm (7 7/8 x 9 13/16 x 7/8")
Topic
Symbols & Motifs\Flag
Cased object
Barack Hussein Obama: Male
Barack Hussein Obama: Law and Crime\Lawyer
Barack Hussein Obama: Politics and Government\President of US
Barack Hussein Obama: Politics and Government\US Senator\Illinois
Barack Hussein Obama: Politics and Government\State Senator\Illinois
Barack Hussein Obama: Nobel Prize
Portrait
Place
United States\District of Columbia\Washington
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Jerry Spagnoli