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T. S. Eliot

T. S. Eliot
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Artist
Sir Gerald Festus Kelly, 9 Apr 1879 - 6 Jan 1972
Sitter
Thomas Stearns Eliot, 26 Sep 1888 - 4 Jan 1965
Date
1962
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
Stretcher: 114.3 x 94 x 2.5cm (45 x 37 x 1")
Frame: 137.2 x 116.8 x 7.6cm (54 x 46 x 3")
Topic
Printed Material\Book
Home Furnishings\Furniture\Table
Home Furnishings\Furniture\Seating\Chair\Armchair
Home Furnishings\Furniture\Bookcase
Interior\Domestic
Artwork\Portrait
Game\Playing cards
Artwork\Silhouette
Thomas Stearns Eliot: Male
Thomas Stearns Eliot: Literature\Publisher
Thomas Stearns Eliot: Literature\Writer\Poet
Thomas Stearns Eliot: Literature\Writer\Essayist
Thomas Stearns Eliot: Literature\Literary critic
Thomas Stearns Eliot: Literature\Editor\Journal
Thomas Stearns Eliot: Nobel Prize
Thomas Stearns Eliot: Presidential Medal of Freedom
Portrait
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; partial gift of the National Portrait Gallery Commission and senior staff in memory of Donald P. Klopfer
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Object number
NPG.86.88
Provenance
The artist; purchased 1969 by Lew D. Feldman; his estate auctioned by (Sotheby’s Arcade) 20 February 1985; (Peter Nahum, London); purchased 1986 NPG
Data Source
National Portrait Gallery
Location
Currently not on view