Signed silver gelatin portrait photograph of W. E. B. Du Bois
date: label: Date
content: July 18, 1946
name: label: Photograph by
content: Carl Van Vechten, American, 1880 - 1964
label: Subject of
content: W.E.B. Du Bois, American, 1868 - 1963
notes: label: Description
content: A silver gelatin portrait photograph of W. E. B. Du Bois, captured in the summer of 1946 in New York. Seated facing left in front of heavily patterned wallpaper, W. E. B. DuBois is photographed wearing a striped suit jacket, white collared shirt, a plaid necktie and a black ribbon at his neck. Inscribed in black ink across his proper left jacket lapel, near the bottom right of the photograph, is: [Very sincerely / W. E. B. DuBois]. Stamped in white ink at the bottom right of the photograph is: [PHOTOHRAPH BY / CARL VAN VECHTEN].
label: Description
content: On the reverse of the photograph is an ink inscription [W. E. B. DuBois, and the photographer’s stamp: [PHOTOGRAPH BY CARL VAN VECHTEN / 101 CENTRAL PARK WEST / CANNOT BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT PERMISSION].
place: label: Place captured
content: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Photography
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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2020.10.16
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
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: silver and gelatin photographic paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 9 15/16 × 7 15/16 in. (25.3 × 20.2 cm)