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Artist
Samuel Johnson Woolf, 12 Feb 1880 - 03 Dec 1948
Sitter
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., 8 Mar 1841 - 6 Mar 1935
Date
1926
Type
Drawing
Medium
Charcoal on paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 50.1 x 36.1 cm (19 3/4 x 14 3/16")
Topic
Interior
Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Mustache
Costume\Dress Accessory\Neckwear\Tie\Necktie
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.: Male
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.: Law and Law Enforcement\Lawyer
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.: Law and Law Enforcement\Judge\Justice\US Supreme Court Justice
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.: Law and Law Enforcement\Judge\Justice\State Supreme Court Justice\Massachusetts
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.: Literature\Writer\Legal
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.: Military and Intelligence\Soldier\Civil War\Union
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.: Education and Scholarship\Educator\Professor\Law
Portrait
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Thomas G. Corcoran
