Henry Louis Mencken and George Nathan
Object Details
- Artist
- Irving Penn, 16 Jun 1917 - 7 Oct 2009
- Sitter
- Henry Louis Mencken, 12 Sep 1880 - 29 Jan 1956
- George Jean Nathan, 14 Feb 1882 - 8 Apr 1958
- Credit Line
- National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Irving Penn
- 1947 (printed 1985)
- Object number
- NPG.88.70.31
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Copyright
- © 1948 [renewed 1976] The Condé Nast Publications, Inc.
- Type
- Photograph
- Medium
- Platinum-palladium print
- Dimensions
- Image: 55.2 x 45.5 cm (21 3/4 x 17 15/16")
- Sheet: 63.2 × 55.9 cm (24 7/8 × 22")
- Mount: 66 × 55.9 cm (26 × 22")
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- National Portrait Gallery Collection
- Location
- Currently not on view
- National Portrait Gallery
- Topic
- Interior\Studio
- Costume\Jewelry\Cufflinks
- George Jean Nathan: Male
- George Jean Nathan: Arts and Culture\Literature\Writer
- George Jean Nathan: Arts and Culture\Journalism and Media\Journalist\Reporter\Newspaper
- George Jean Nathan: Arts and Culture\Journalism and Media\Magazine editor
- George Jean Nathan: Arts and Culture\Performing Arts\Theater\Theater critic
- Henry Louis Mencken: Male
- Henry Louis Mencken: Arts and Culture\Journalism and Media\Magazine publisher
- Henry Louis Mencken: Arts and Culture\Journalism and Media\Newspaper editor
- Henry Louis Mencken: Arts and Culture\Journalism and Media\Journalist\Reporter\Newspaper
- Henry Louis Mencken: Arts and Culture\Literature\Writer\Essayist
- Henry Louis Mencken: Arts and Culture\Literature\Literary critic
- Henry Louis Mencken: Arts and Culture\Literature\Publisher\Book
- Portrait
- Record ID
- npg_NPG.88.70.31
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Usage conditions apply
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4191800cb-11bc-44f1-a76a-42cbf99e258c
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