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Ground Hog Day

Artist: Clifford Kennedy Berryman, 2 Feb 1869 - 11 Dec 1949
Sitter: Burton Kendall Wheeler, 27 Feb 1882 - Jan 1975; Paul Vories McNutt, 1891 - 1955; James Aloysius Farley, 30 May 1888 - 9 Jun 1976; John Nance Garner, 22 Nov 1868 - 7 Nov 1967

Date: 1940

Type: Drawing

Medium: Ink, pencil and opaque white on paper
Dimensions: Image: 30.5 × 35.8 cm (12 × 14 1/8"); Sheet: 34.3 × 35.8 cm (13 1/2 × 14 1/8")

Topic: Exterior\Landscape\Rural; Equipment\Umbrella; Equipment\Rope; Tool\Hammer; James Aloysius Farley: Male; James Aloysius Farley: Business and Finance\Businessperson; James Aloysius Farley: Politics and Government\State Legislator\New York; James Aloysius Farley: Politics and Government\Government official\Postmaster\Postmaster General\US Postmaster General; James Aloysius Farley: Politics and Government\Campaign director; Paul Vories McNutt: Male; Paul Vories McNutt: Politics and Government\Diplomat\Ambassador; Paul Vories McNutt: Politics and Government\Governor\Indiana; John Nance Garner: Male; John Nance Garner: Law and Crime\Lawyer; John Nance Garner: Politics and Government\Vice-President of US; John Nance Garner: Politics and Government\US Congressman\Speaker of the House; John Nance Garner: Politics and Government\US Congressman\Texas; John Nance Garner: Politics and Government\State Legislator\Texas; Burton Kendall Wheeler: Male; Burton Kendall Wheeler: Law and Crime\Lawyer; Burton Kendall Wheeler: Politics and Government\US Attorney; Burton Kendall Wheeler: Politics and Government\US Senator\Montana; Burton Kendall Wheeler: Politics and Government\State Legislator\Montana; Portrait

Credit Line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of John L. Wheeler

Restrictions & Rights: CC0

Object number: NPG.84.325

Data Source: National Portrait Gallery