Framed photograph of General Colin L. Powell and President Barack Obama
date: label: Date
content: ca. 2009-2017
name: label: Photograph by
content: The White House, founded 1792
label: Subject of
content: General Colin L. Powell, American, 1937 - 2021
label: Subject of
content: President Barack Obama, American, born 1961
label: Owned by
content: General Colin L. Powell, American, 1937 - 2021
notes: label: Caption
content: This photograph of General Colin Powell and President Barack Obama hung in the sitting room of the Powell family's residence in McLean, Virginia. Although a longtime Republican, Powell endorsed Democratic candidate Obama during the 2008 U.S. presidential election. Powell served as an unofficial advisor to President Obama during his presidency.
label: Description
content: A framed photograph of General Colin L. Powell and President Barack Obama. This photograph (a) captures General Powell and President Obama seated at a black metal patio table, dining outdoors. Both men wear white shirts, neckties, dark trousers, and black shoes. They are surrounded by a thick and low stone wall, beyond which is a dense setting of lush green tree leaves. Pockets of sunlight illuminate areas of the grey square slate tiles of the patio they are seated on. There is an empty white placemat on the table on front of President Obama. There are two plates of food on the white placemat in front of General Powell who has his proper right arm up while speaking. The photograph (a) is set behind a black bordered white square window mat and housed inside of a mahogany brown, deep set, wooden frame (b).
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Government
label: Topic
content: Men
label: Topic
content: Military
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Politics
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 2001-
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Alma J. Powell
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: A2022.101.1.12ab
objectType: label: Type
content: frames (furnishings)
label: Type
content: photographs
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No known copyright restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: (a) ink on photographic paper
label: Medium
content: (b) wood , glass and cardboard
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (image): 6 7/16 × 9 in. (16.3 × 22.9 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (frame): 14 × 16 1/2 × 1 in. (35.6 × 41.9 × 2.5 cm)