Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton
Object Details
- Artist
- Chester Higgins Jr., born 1946
- Sitter
- Willie Mae ("Big Mama") Thornton, 11 Dec 1926 - 25 Jul 1984
- Credit Line
- National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
- 1969 (printed 2023)
- Object number
- NPG.2023.53
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Copyright
- © Chester Higgins Jr.
- Type
- Photograph
- Medium
- Gelatin silver print
- Dimensions
- Image: 30.7 × 24 cm (12 1/16 × 9 7/16")
- Sheet: 35.5 × 27.7 cm (14 × 10 7/8")
- Place
- United States\New York\Kings\New York
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- National Portrait Gallery Collection
- Location
- Currently not on view
- National Portrait Gallery
- Topic
- Exterior
- Costume\Headgear\Hat\Cap
- Costume\Outerwear\Coat\Jacket
- Willie Mae ("Big Mama") Thornton: Female
- Willie Mae ("Big Mama") Thornton: Arts & Culture\Performing Arts\Musician\Singer
- Portrait
- Record ID
- npg_NPG.2023.53
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Usage conditions apply
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4f8167ef9-3e13-4322-bbc1-d95e1a053136
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