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Helen Keller (with Polly Thompson)

Helen Keller (with Polly Thompson)
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Artist
Jo Davidson, 30 Mar 1883 - 2 Jan 1952
Sitter
Helen Adams Keller, 27 Jun 1880 - 1 Jun 1968
Polly Thomson, 1885 - 1960
Date
1948
Type
Drawing
Medium
Graphite on paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 27.5 × 19.9 cm (10 13/16 × 7 13/16")
Mat (original mat): 41.9 × 34.3 cm (16 1/2 × 13 1/2")
Topic
Helen Adams Keller: Female
Helen Adams Keller: Literature\Writer
Helen Adams Keller: Education and Scholarship\Educator\Lecturer
Helen Adams Keller: Society and Social Change\Reformer\Social reformer
Helen Adams Keller: Literature\Writer\Novelist
Helen Adams Keller: Society and Social Change\Reformer\Humanitarian
Helen Adams Keller: Literature\Writer\Essayist
Helen Adams Keller: Society and Social Change\Person with a Disability\Blind
Helen Adams Keller: Society and Social Change\Person with a Disability\Deaf
Helen Adams Keller: Presidential Medal of Freedom
Polly Thomson: Female
Polly Thomson: Performing Arts\Performer\Actor
Portrait
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Copyright
© 2017, Estate of Jo Davidson
Object number
NPG.2017.14
Data Source
National Portrait Gallery
Location
Currently not on view