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Artist
James E. Purdy, 1859 - 1933
Sitter
William Edward Burghardt Du Bois, 23 Feb 1868 - 27 Aug 1963
Date
1907
Type
Photograph
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image/Sheet: 14.2 × 9.9 cm (5 9/16 × 3 7/8")
Mount: 16.5 × 11 cm (6 1/2 × 4 5/16")
Topic
Interior
Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Mustache
Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Beard
Photographic format\Cabinet card
William Edward Burghardt Du Bois: Male
William Edward Burghardt Du Bois: Literature\Writer
William Edward Burghardt Du Bois: Education and Scholarship\Educator\Professor\University
William Edward Burghardt Du Bois: Literature\Writer\Poet
William Edward Burghardt Du Bois: Society and Social Change\Reformer\Activist\Civil rights activist\Civil rights leader
William Edward Burghardt Du Bois: Literature\Editor
Portrait
Place
United States\Massachusetts\Suffolk\Boston
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
