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John Muir

John Muir
Artist
Orlando Rouland, 1871 - 27 Jun 1945
Sitter
John Muir, 21 Apr 1838 - 24 Dec 1914
Date
c. 1917 from a 1909 photograph
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
Stretcher: 92.7 x 72.4 x 2.5cm (36 1/2 x 28 1/2 x 1")
Frame: 106 x 85.4 x 6.4cm (41 3/4 x 33 5/8 x 2 1/2")
Topic
Printed Material\Book
Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Mustache
Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Beard
John Muir: Male
John Muir: Natural Resource Occupations\Explorer
John Muir: Literature\Writer\Magazine article writer
John Muir: Society and Social Change\Reformer\Environmentalist
John Muir: Literature\Writer\Novelist
John Muir: Science and Technology\Scientist\Naturalist
John Muir: Literature\Writer\Nature writer
Portrait
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; transfer from the Smithsonian American Art Museum; gift of Mary W. Harriman, 1920
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Object number
NPG.65.79
Provenance
Mrs. Mary Williamson Averell Harriman [Mrs. Edward Henry Harriman, 1851-1932], New York; gift December 1919 for National Portrait Gallery; transferred from NCFA 1965.
Data Source
National Portrait Gallery
Location
Currently not on view