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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.
Drawn Portrait of Count Michael Karolyi
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.

Drawn Portrait of Count Michael Karolyi

Artifact IDMO 2009.8.5
Object Type Drawing
Artist (American painter, illustrator, and printmaker, 1880-1948)
Date1925
Mediumpaper, charcoal, pencil, ink
Dimensionsmat H 27 in x W 20 in (68.6 cm x 50.8 cm )
 sheet H 19 3/8 in x W 14 5/8 in (49.2 cm x 37.1 cm )
Physical DescriptionA charcoal sketch of Count Michael Karolyi done from life. Done on buff paper, the head and shoulders portrait shows Karolyi, turned to the proper left in an almost full profile, wearing a dark suit jacket, a white shirt, and a dark tie. Karolyi’s charcoal signature is directly below the portrait: M. Karolyi. The artist's stamped signature is in the lower right quadrant of the artwork page: S.J. Woolf. Written in pencil in the lower left corner: Sketched from life by S. J. Woolf. Stamped in purple ink in lower right quadrant is “MAR 29 1925 / 6592” followed by notes written in pencil: 6 15/16 x 8 9/16 / 3 ½ are Bkg [?] / 6592.
Written in pencil on the reverse of the artwork page: P-450.

The artwork page is mounted inside a window mat folder.
Historical NoteCount Michael Karolyi (1875-1955) was a Hungarian nobleman and politician. In 1918-1919 he served first as prime minister, and then as president, of the short-lived First Hungarian Republic.

This portrait of Karolyi by Samuel Johnson Woolf accompanied an article by Nicholas Roosevelt titled, "COUNT KAROLYI BEGINS HIS MEMOIRS; 'Fighting the World' His Own Record of Wartime Activities”. The article, along with a reproduction of the portrait, appeared in the March 29, 1925 edition of the New York Times Magazine.
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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