Roald Amundsen
date: label: date made
content: 1918
name: label: Maker
content: MacDonald, Pirie
label: Subject
content: Amundsen, Roald
notes: label: Description
content: [Portrait of Roald Amundsen] is a photogravure carbon print by Pirie MacDonald. It is a portrait of a man in 3/4 profile with a prominent nose dressed in black. A maker's mark appears in the lower right corner of the image. Roald Amundsen (July 16, 1872-c. June 18,1928)
label: Description
content: was a Norwegian explorer. He holds the distinction of being the first man to reach the South Pole and the first to reach both the North and South Poles. Amundsen also made the first crossing of the arctic with fifteen others in the airship Norge. Amundsen disappeared on a rescue mission in the Barents Sea and was presumed dead though his body was never recovered.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Portraits
label: Subject
content: Masculinity
label: Subject
content: Polar Exploration
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content: Work and Industry: Photographic History
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content: Photography
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content: Art
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PG.004279.07
objectType: label: Object Name
content: photograph
label: Object Type
content: photogravures
label: Object Type
content: carbon prints
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 19 1/2 in x 15 in; 49.53 cm x 38.1 cm
label: Measurements
content: image: 13 in x 9 3/4 in; 33.02 cm x 24.765 cm