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Edward Everett Hale

Artist: Philip Leslie Hale, 1865 - 1931
Sitter: Edward Everett Hale, 3 Apr 1822 - 10 Jun 1909

Date: c. 1905-09

Type: Painting

Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: Frame: 106.7 × 91.1 cm (42 × 35 7/8"); Stretcher: 97.5 × 82.1 × 0.5 cm (38 3/8 × 32 5/16 × 3/16")

Topic: Interior; Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Mustache; Costume\Dress Accessory\Eyeglasses\Pince-nez; Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Beard; Costume\Dress Accessory\Neckwear\Tie\Bowtie; Home Furnishings\Blanket; Edward Everett Hale: Male; Edward Everett Hale: Literature\Writer\Poet; Edward Everett Hale: Literature\Writer\Novelist; Edward Everett Hale: Religion and Spirituality\Clergy\Minister; Edward Everett Hale: Performing Arts\Performer\Story teller; Portrait

Credit Line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Mrs. Fredson Bowers

Restrictions & Rights: CC0

Object number: NPG.75.10

Provenance: Nancy Hale [Mrs. Fredson Bowers], Charlottesville, daughter of artist and granddaughter of sitter; gift 1975 to NPG

Data Source: National Portrait Gallery