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Artist
Samuel Johnson Woolf, 12 Feb 1880 - 03 Dec 1948
Sitter
John Dewey, 20 Oct 1859 - 1 Jun 1952
Date
1932
Type
Drawing
Medium
Charcoal and chalk on paper
Dimensions
Image: 43.4 × 29.1 cm (17 1/16 × 11 7/16")
Sheet: 57.2 × 42.6 cm (22 1/2 × 16 3/4")
Topic
Interior
Printed Material\Book
Costume\Dress Accessory\Eyeglasses
Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Mustache
John Dewey: Male
John Dewey: Literature\Writer
John Dewey: Education and Scholarship\Educator\Professor\University
John Dewey: Education and Scholarship\Scholar\Philosopher
Portrait
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of the artist's daughters, Muriel Woolf Hobson and Dorothy Woolf Ahern