Samuel Clemens
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Object Details
- Artist
- Frank Edwin Larson, 1895 - 8 Dec 1991
- Sitter
- Samuel Langhorne Clemens, 30 Nov 1835 - 21 Apr 1910
- Provenance
- The artist; gift 1972 to NPG.
- Credit Line
- National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of the artist
- 1935
- Object number
- NPG.72.1
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Painting
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- Accurate: 121.9 x 91.5 cm (48 x 36")
- Frame: 136.2 × 106 × 4.8 cm (53 5/8 × 41 3/4 × 1 7/8")
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- National Portrait Gallery Collection
- Location
- Currently not on view
- National Portrait Gallery
- Topic
- Interior
- Equipment\Smoking Implements\Cigar
- Home Furnishings\Furniture\Seating\Chair\Armchair
- Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Mustache
- Samuel Langhorne Clemens: Male
- Samuel Langhorne Clemens: Journalism and Media\Journalist\Reporter\Newspaper
- Samuel Langhorne Clemens: Literature\Writer\Humorist
- Samuel Langhorne Clemens: Literature\Writer\Novelist
- Portrait
- Record ID
- npg_NPG.72.1
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm461712447-ecc6-4a4d-af9a-8581828605e2
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