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Charles Lang Freer

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Creator:
Unknown (Edward Steichen?)
Title:
Charles Lang Freer
Date:
1916
Notes:
Appears to be taken at the same time as the photograph of Freer by Steichen found in the booklet, 'Fifth Presentation of the Freer Medal,' located in the SIA Information File, 'Freer Gallery of Art,' thus it is attributed to Steichen in 1916
Summary:
Portrait photograph of Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), industrialist, art collector, and founding donor of the Freer Gallery of Art, probably by Edward Steichen, c. 1916. In this bust view of Freer, he is looking straight at the camera
Restrictions:
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Topics:
Donors, Benefactors, Collectors, Art--Collectors and collecting, Portraits
Subjects:
Freer, Charles Lang 1856-1919, Steichen, Edward 1879-1973, Freer Gallery of Art
Form/Genre:
Photographic print
Local Number:
26873-A and MAH-26873A
Charles Lang Freer

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