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Artist
Harris & Ewing Studio, active 1905 - 1977
Sitter
William Howard Taft, 15 Sep 1857 - 8 Mar 1930
Date
1928
Type
Photograph
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image: 23 × 15.4 cm (9 1/16 × 6 1/16")
Sheet: 35.1 × 25 cm (13 13/16 × 9 13/16")
Book open: 35.7 × 51.2 cm (14 1/16 × 20 3/16")
Book closed: 35.7 × 25.7 cm (14 1/16 × 10 1/8")
Topic
Interior
Costume\Jewelry\Pin\Tie pin
Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Mustache
Autograph
Costume\Dress Accessory\Neckwear\Tie\Necktie
Costume\Robe
William Howard Taft: Male
William Howard Taft: Law and Crime\Lawyer
William Howard Taft: Politics and Government\Cabinet member\Secretary of War
William Howard Taft: Politics and Government\Government official
William Howard Taft: Education and Scholarship\Educator\Professor\University
William Howard Taft: Politics and Government\President of US
William Howard Taft: Law and Crime\Judge\Justice\US Supreme Court Justice\Chief Justice of US
William Howard Taft: Education and Scholarship\Administrator\College administrator\Dean
William Howard Taft: Education and Scholarship\Educator\Professor\Law
Portrait
Place
United States\District of Columbia\Washington
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Joanna Sturm
