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Helen Keller (with Polly Thomson)

Helen Keller (with Polly Thomson)
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Artist
Yousuf Karsh, 23 Dec 1908 - 13 Jul 2002
Sitter
Polly Thomson, 1885 - 1960
Helen Adams Keller, 27 Jun 1880 - 1 Jun 1968
Date
1948
Type
Photograph
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")
Topic
Printed Material\Book
Helen Adams Keller: Female
Helen Adams Keller: Literature\Writer
Helen Adams Keller: Education and Scholarship\Educator\Lecturer
Helen Adams Keller: Society and Social Change\Reformer\Social reformer
Helen Adams Keller: Literature\Writer\Novelist
Helen Adams Keller: Society and Social Change\Reformer\Humanitarian
Helen Adams Keller: Literature\Writer\Essayist
Helen Adams Keller: Society and Social Change\Person with a Disability\Blind
Helen Adams Keller: Society and Social Change\Person with a Disability\Deaf
Helen Adams Keller: Presidential Medal of Freedom
Polly Thomson: Female
Polly Thomson: Performing Arts\Performer\Actor
Portrait
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Estrellita Karsh in memory of Yousuf Karsh
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Copyright
© Estate of Yousuf Karsh
Object number
NPG.2012.77.59
Data Source
National Portrait Gallery
Location
Currently not on view
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