Framed photograph of General Colin L. Powell and President Barack Obama
date: label: Date
content: 2012
name: label: Photograph by
content: Pete Souza, American, born 1954
label: Published 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 was displayed in the study of Powell'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 and inscribed photograph of General Colin L. Powell dining with President Barack Obama at the White House, Washington, D.C., April 2012. This photograph depicts General Powell and President Obama, seated at a dark brown table in a room of the White House, talking and eating together. Both men are dressed in white shirts, neckties, dark trousers, and black leather shoes. They sit in dark wooden chairs with orange-brown leather seats atop a reddish-brown carpet with white stars. There are large, framed paintings on the two walls inside of the white room, and two more just outside of the open black door leading to an adjacent area of the White House. In the bottom white sheet of the photograph is a handwritten inscription in black ink that reads: [To Colin – Thanks for the friendship and continued good counsel! / Barack Obama]. On the reverse of the photograph is a square white label from The White House Photo Office. The photograph (a) is housed inside of a square black wooden frame (b), set between glass and cardboard backing.
place: label: Place captured
content: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Government
label: Topic
content: Men
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Politics
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 2001-
setName: label: See more items in
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: A2022.101.1.26ab
objectType: label: Type
content: photographs
label: Type
content: portraits
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public Domain
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 and glass
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (image): 6 5/16 × 9 7/16 in. (16 × 24 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (sheet): 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 9 1/2 × 11 5/8 × 13/16 in. (24.2 × 29.5 × 2 cm)