Photograph by
The White House, founded 1792
Subject of
General Powell, Colin L., American, 1937 - 2021
President Bush, George H. W., American, born 1924
Solomon, Richard H., American, 1938 - 2019
Collamore, Tom, American
Owned by
General Powell, Colin L., American, 1937 - 2021
Date
ca. 1986-1989
Medium
(a) ink on photographic paper
(b) wood , glass and cardboard
Dimensions
H x W (image): 5 3/8 × 9 1/2 in. (13.6 × 24.2 cm)
H x W (sheet): 9 9/16 in. (24.3 cm)
H x W x D (frame): 14 3/4 × 16 3/4 × 1 1/2 in. (37.5 × 42.5 × 3.8 cm)
Caption
This photograph was inscribed by then Vice President George H.W. Bush to then Lieutenant General Colin Powell. This photograph hung in the sitting room of the Powell family's residence in McLean, Virginia.
Description
A framed and inscribed photograph of Lt. General Colin L. Powell in the West Wing of the White House with Vice President George H. W. Bush.
Lt. General Powell and the two men to his proper left sit in cream floral-patterned cloth chairs, Powell below a gilt-framed painting on the bright cream wall behind him. Vice President Bush, who is looking down at an open manila folder in his lap, sits in a dark brown high-back leather chair between a large brown desk and tall wood and glass cabinet. To the left of two flags on stands in the upper right corner of the photograph, are: Richard H. Solomon (State Department Director of Policy Planning Staff) and Tom Collamore (legs visible) (Deputy Assistant to the Vice President and Staff Secretary) with documents on their laps. All four men wear dark wool suits with white shirts, neckties, and dark leather shoes. In the photograph’s bottom white sheet is an inscription in black ink that reads: [Now, Colin, Here’s the way I see it!! Thanks, neighbor - / George Bush]. The photograph (a) is set behind a dark blue mat and housed inside of a medium brown, deep set, wooden frame (b).
Place captured
Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
Classification
Photographs and Still Images
Type
frames (furnishings)
photographs
Topic
Government
Men
Military
Photography
Politics
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Alma J. Powell
Object number
A2022.101.1.17ab
Restrictions & Rights
No known copyright restrictions
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5f20105e8-e307-44ad-90e1-cd204d03dac3

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