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Artist
Augustus Vincent Tack, 9 Nov 1870 - 22 Jul 1949
Sitter
Elihu Root, 15 Feb 1845 - 7 Feb 1937
Date
1922
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
122cm x 91.5cm (48 1/16" x 36"), Accurate
Topic
Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Mustache
Elihu Root: Male
Elihu Root: Politics and Government\US Senator\New York
Elihu Root: Law and Crime\Lawyer
Elihu Root: Politics and Government\Cabinet member\Secretary of War
Elihu Root: Politics and Government\Cabinet member\Secretary of State
Elihu Root: Visual Arts\Visual arts administrator\Art museum administrator\Art museum trustee
Elihu Root: Nobel Prize
Elihu Root: Society and Social Change\Administrator\Think tank administrator
Portrait
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Mr. Duncan Phillips
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Object number
NPG.67.23
Provenance
(Kraushaar Galleries, New York); purchased 1923 by Duncan Phillips; Marjorie Phillips [Mrs. Duncan Phillips]; gift to NPG 1967.
