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Artist
Samuel Johnson Woolf, 12 Feb 1880 - 03 Dec 1948
Sitter
Paul Robeson, 9 Apr 1898 - 23 Jan 1976
Date
c. 1943
Type
Drawing
Medium
Charcoal
Dimensions
Image/Sheet: 51 × 38.4 cm (20 1/16 × 15 1/8")
Topic
Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Mustache
Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Goatee
Paul Robeson: Male
Paul Robeson: Performing Arts\Performer\Actor\Stage actor
Paul Robeson: Performing Arts\Performer\Musician\Singer
Paul Robeson: Society and Social Change\Reformer\Activist\Civil rights activist
Paul Robeson: Performing Arts\Performer\Actor\Movie actor
Portrait
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of the artist's daughters, Muriel Woolf Hobson and Dorothy Woolf Ahern
