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Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Artist: Lewis Koch, born 1950
Sitter: Martin Luther King, Jr., 15 Jan 1929 - 4 Apr 1968

Date: 1965 (printed 2005)

Type: Photograph

Medium: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: Image: 11.7 x 13.2 cm (4 5/8 x 5 3/16"); Sheet: 25.3 x 20.3 cm (9 15/16 x 8")

Credit Line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of the artist, in honor of his brother, Richard "Terry" Koch

Restrictions & Rights: Usage conditions apply

Object number: S/NPG.2006.89

Data Source: National Portrait Gallery

Place: United States\New York\Nassau\Hempstead