Drawn Portrait of Eleanor Roosevelt
Object numberMO 1982.71
Name
Drawing
Artist
Samuel Johnson Woolf
(American painter, illustrator, and printmaker, 1880-1948)
Date1932
Mediumpaper, charcoal, paint (gouache)
Dimensionsoverall H 21 in x W 17 in (53.3 cm x 43.2 cm )
DescriptionA charcoal sketch, with gouache highlights, of Eleanor Roosevelt. Done on ecru-colored paper, the three-quarter portrait depicts her seated, turned slightly to the proper left, her hands working on a piece of knitting. Mrs. Roosevelt is wearing a dress with long sleeves and a dark collar. Her name is written in pencil (likely her own original signature) directly below the portrait: Eleanor Roosevelt.
Beneath the drawn box bordering the portrait, the artist has signed, dated, and inscribed the artwork in the lower left: For Governor Roosevelt / with congratulations and admiration / S. J. Woolf / Nov. 9 - 1932.
Additional DetailsBeneath the drawn box bordering the portrait, the artist has signed, dated, and inscribed the artwork in the lower left: For Governor Roosevelt / with congratulations and admiration / S. J. Woolf / Nov. 9 - 1932.
National Archives Catalog CollectionFranklin D. Roosevelt Library Museum Collection (National Archives Identifier 735948)
National Archives Catalog SeriesPortraits (National Archives Identifier 782690)
Use Restriction StatusUnrestrictedCopyrightReproduction or other use of these holdings or images thereof is unrestricted.Collections
Non exposé
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