Created by
Battey, C. M., American, 1873 - 1927
Subject of
W.E.B. Du Bois, American, 1868 - 1963
Date
1918
Medium
silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions
H x W (Image and Sheet): 13 5/8 × 10 5/16 in. (34.6 × 26.2 cm)
Description
A black-and-white, bust-length portrait of W.E.B. Du Bois. Du Bois has a mustache and wears a bow tie.
Place depicted
Tuskegee, Macon County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America
Classification
Media Arts-Photography
Movement
Harlem Renaissance (New Negro Movement)
Niagara Movement 1905-1909
Racial Uplift
Type
gelatin silver prints
portraits
Topic
Civil rights
Photography
Social reform
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Object number
2009.37.3
Restrictions & Rights
Public domain
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5bbce86f5-88ef-4b51-9449-377a832f0ba9

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