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Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt
Artist
Edward Sheriff Curtis, 19 Feb 1868 - 19 Oct 1952
Sitter
Theodore Roosevelt, 27 Oct 1858 - 6 Jan 1919
Date
1904
Type
Photograph
Medium
Platinum print
Dimensions
Image/Sheet: 40.2 × 30.3 cm (15 13/16 × 11 15/16")
Mat: 71.1 × 55.9 cm (28 × 22")
Topic
Interior
Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Mustache
Costume\Dress Accessory\Eyeglasses\Pince-nez
Costume\Dress Accessory\Neckwear\Tie\Necktie
Theodore Roosevelt: Male
Theodore Roosevelt: Politics and Government\State Legislator\New York
Theodore Roosevelt: Literature\Writer
Theodore Roosevelt: Politics and Government\Vice-President of US
Theodore Roosevelt: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Colonel
Theodore Roosevelt: Natural Resource Occupations\Explorer
Theodore Roosevelt: Politics and Government\Governor\New York
Theodore Roosevelt: Politics and Government\President of US
Theodore Roosevelt: Education and Scholarship\Scholar\Historian
Theodore Roosevelt: Society and Social Change\Reformer\Environmentalist
Theodore Roosevelt: Natural Resource Occupations\Agriculturist\Rancher
Theodore Roosevelt: Nobel Prize
Portrait
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Object number
NPG.79.244
Exhibition Label
Born in New York City
Although he was from the East Coast, Theodore Roosevelt had a lifelong interest in the western United States. After his first wife died during childbirth in 1884, the young New York assemblyman relocated to a ranch in western Dakota Territory, where he considered pursuing a new career as a rancher and a writer. While there, he authored American Statesman: Thomas Hart Benton (1886) and began the multivolume The Winning of the West (1889–96).
During his presidency, Roosevelt advocated for the judicious use of natural resources. With a series of legislative acts, he laid the foundation for twentieth-century land-use policy and he also ensured millions of acres of land were federally protected.
Fittingly, this 1904 portrait is by ethnographer and photographer Edward S. Curtis, who documented the U.S. American West and Native American history and culture in The North American Indian (1907–30); Roosevelt wrote the foreword in 1907.
Nacido en la Ciudad de Nueva York
Aunque nació en la costa este, Theodore Roosevelt siempre se interesó por el oeste norteamericano. Tras morir de parto su primera esposa en 1884, el joven asambleísta de Nueva York se mudó a un rancho al oeste del Territorio de Dakota, donde contempló una nueva carrera como ranchero y autor. Allí escribió la biografía Thomas Hart Benton (1886) y comenzó su obra de varios tomos La conquista del oeste (1889–96).
Durante su presidencia, Roosevelt abogó por el uso prudente de los recursos naturales. Con una serie de medidas legislativas sentó las bases de la política pública de uso de tierras en el siglo XX y aseguró la protección federal de millones de acres. Apropiadamente, este retrato de 1904 es creación del etnógrafo y fotógrafo Edward S. Curtis, quien documentó la historia y la cultura del oeste norteamericano y los pueblos nativos en su extensa obra Los indios de Norteamérica (1907–30); Roosevelt escribió el prefacio en 1907.
Data Source
National Portrait Gallery
Location
Currently not on view