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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 Herbert Clark Hoover
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 Herbert Clark Hoover

Artifact IDMO 2009.8.4
Object Type Print
Artist (American painter, illustrator, and printmaker, 1880-1948)
Dateca. 1932
Mediumpaper, ink
Dimensionsmat H 27 in x W 20 in (68.6 cm x 50.8 cm )
 sheet H 15 7/8 in x W 11 1/2 in (40.3 cm x 29.2 cm )
Physical DescriptionA black and white lithographic reproduction of a pencil sketch of Herbert Hoover done from life. Printed on buff paper, the three-quarter portrait depicts Hoover seated, turned somewhat to the proper right, his right hand resting on his right knee. He is wearing a dark-colored suit, a white shirt, and a dark tie. The artist’s pencil signature is just below the portrait on the right side: S. J. Woolf.

On the reverse is the artist's stamped signature: S.J. Woolf. Also on the reverse are notations written in pencil: E - 5mm / P-496mm.

The artwork page is mounted inside a window mat folder.
Historical NoteHerbert Clark Hoover (1874-1964) was the 31st President of the United States (1929-1933), the presidential term immediately preceding that of Franklin D. Roosevelt's.

This portrait of Hoover by Samuel Johnson Woolf was used on page 305 of Woolf's book, "Drawn from Life," 1932.
Additional Details
Custodial History NoteDonated to the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum by Stuart P. and Sue Feld in 2008.
Credit LineGift of Stuart P. and Sue Feld
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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