Triptych of Pamela Bridgewater and Nelson Mandela
date: label: Date
content: 1995
name: label: Photograph by
content: Duane Michael Cheers Ph.D, American, born 1953
label: Subject of
content: Nelson Mandela, South African, 1918 - 2013
label: Subject of
content: Pamela E. Bridgewater, American, born 1947
label: Subject of
content: United States Department of State, American, founded 1789
label: Owned by
content: Pamela E. Bridgewater, American, born 1947
notes: label: Description
content: A framed triptych of color photographs of then Consul General at Durban Pamela E. Bridgewater and South African President Nelson Mandela shaking hands and embracing at the World Hindu Conference in Chatsworth, South Africa. In both the left and right most photograph, Bridgewater and Mandela grasp each other’s proper right hands, while looking and smiling at one another, and Bridgewater places her proper left hand on Mandela’s shoulder. In the center photograph, the handshake continues while the two lean forward to embrace each other. In all three, a young woman from Durban is partially visible in the background. The three photographs (a, b, c) are set into a double-paneled red and white mat board (d) within a brown and gold wood and metal frame (e).
place: label: Place captured
content: Chatsworth, KwaZulu/Natal, South Africa, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: Africa
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: International affairs
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Politics
label: Topic
content: Women
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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 Pamela E. Bridgewater, United States Ambassador (Retired)
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2023.51.2a-e
objectType: label: Type
content: chromogenic color prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Johnson Publishing Company Archive. Courtesy J. Paul Getty Trust and Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: dye and photographic gelatin on photographic paper with wood and glass
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (a-c): 6 5/16 × 5 1/8 in. (16 × 13 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (frame): 11 15/16 × 23 3/8 × 13/16 in. (30.4 × 59.3 × 2 cm)