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Melville Stone

Melville Stone
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Artist
Ossip Perelma, 1876 - 23 May 1949
Sitter
Melville Elijah Stone, 22 Aug 1848 - 15 Feb 1929
Date
November 27, 1917
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
91.4cm x 127cm (36" x 50")
Topic
Printed Material\Book
Printed Material\Document
Artwork
Interior\Office
Home Furnishings\Furniture\Bookcase
Costume\Dress Accessory\Eyeglasses\Pince-nez
Home Furnishings\Furniture\Desk
Equipment\Drafting & Writing Implements\Writing implement\Pencil
Melville Elijah Stone: Male
Melville Elijah Stone: Journalism and Media\Newspaper publisher
Melville Elijah Stone: Journalism and Media\Newspaper editor
Melville Elijah Stone: Business and Finance\Banking and Finance\Banker
Portrait
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Jeffrey R. Tishman
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Object number
NPG.92.13
Provenance
Associated Press, Rockefeller Plaza, New York; saved from trash heap by Jeffrey R. Tishman and given 1991 to NPG, accessioned 1992
Data Source
National Portrait Gallery
Location
Currently not on view