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Samuel Gompers

Samuel Gompers
Artist
Moses Wainer Dykaar, 1884 - 10 Mar 1933
Sitter
Samuel Gompers, 27 Jan 1850 - 13 Dec 1924
Date
1924
Type
Sculpture
Medium
White marble
Dimensions
Without Base: 59.7 x 40 x 38.4cm (23 1/2 x 15 3/4 x 15 1/8")
Topic
Samuel Gompers: Male
Samuel Gompers: Society and Social Change\Reformer\Labor leader
Portrait
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; transfer from the Smithsonian American Art Museum; gift of David E. Dykaar, 1968
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Object number
NPG.69.78
Provenance
Artist’s son, David E. Dykaar; gift to NPG 1969
Data Source
National Portrait Gallery
Exhibition
20th Century Americans: 1900-1930 (re-installation 2012)
On View
NPG, South Gallery 322