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Artist
Samuel Johnson Woolf, 12 Feb 1880 - 03 Dec 1948
Sitter
Wallis Warfield Simpson, 19 Jun 1896 - 24 Apr 1986
Date
1936
Type
Drawing
Medium
Charcoal and chalk on paper
Dimensions
Image: 38 × 27 cm (14 15/16 × 10 5/8")
Sheet: 65.2 × 50.3 cm (25 11/16 × 19 13/16")
Topic
Costume\Jewelry\Earring
Wallis Warfield Simpson: Female
Wallis Warfield Simpson: Society and Social Change\Socialite
Wallis Warfield Simpson: Rulers and Aristocracy\Aristocrat\Duchess
Portrait
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of the artist's daughters, Muriel Woolf Hobson and Dorothy Woolf Ahern
