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Artist
Samuel Johnson Woolf, 12 Feb 1880 - 03 Dec 1948
Sitter
Nicholas Murray Butler, 2 Apr 1862 - 7 Dec 1947
Date
1937
Type
Drawing
Medium
Charcoal and chalk on paper
Dimensions
Image: 43 × 41 cm (16 15/16 × 16 1/8")
Sheet: 57.1 × 47.5 cm (22 1/2 × 18 11/16")
Topic
Printed Material\Book
Interior\Office
Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Mustache
Costume\Dress Accessory\Neckwear\Tie\Necktie
Nicholas Murray Butler: Male
Nicholas Murray Butler: Literature\Writer
Nicholas Murray Butler: Education and Scholarship\Educator\Professor\University
Nicholas Murray Butler: Education and Scholarship\Administrator
Nicholas Murray Butler: Education and Scholarship\Administrator\University administrator\University president
Nicholas Murray Butler: Politics and Government\Government official\Presidential Advisor
Nicholas Murray Butler: Education and Scholarship\Scholar\Philosopher
Nicholas Murray Butler: Nobel Prize
Portrait
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of the artist's daughters, Muriel Woolf Hobson and Dorothy Woolf Ahern
