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Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Portrait Print of Franklin D. Roosevelt
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.

Portrait Print of Franklin D. Roosevelt

Artifact IDMO 1996.66.5
Object Type Print
Artist (American painter, illustrator, and printmaker, 1880-1948)
Dateca. 1944
Mediumpaper, pencil
Dimensionsframe H 19 1/8 in x W 14 1/8 in x D 1/2 in (48.6 cm x 35.9 cm x 1.3 cm )
Physical DescriptionA black and white lithographic reproduction of a pencil sketch of Franklin D. Roosevelt. The head and shoulders portrait shows FDR, turned slightly to the proper right, wearing a dark suit jacket, a white shirt, and a dark tie. The artist's original pencil signature is in the lower right: SJ. Woolf. An original pencil inscription by the artist in the lower left reads: For Eleanor Roosevelt, / with respect, admiration / and / cherished memories.

The print is matted, glazed, and framed in 3/8" black wood frame.
Additional Details
Custodial History NoteDonated to the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum by Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr. (Linda Stevenson Roosevelt) in 1993.
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr.
National Archives Catalog CollectionFranklin D. Roosevelt Library Museum Collection (National Archives Identifier 735948)
National Archives Catalog SeriesPortraits (National Archives Identifier 778816)
Use Restriction StatusUnrestrictedCopyrightReproduction or other use of these holdings or images thereof is unrestricted.
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