Object of the Day

Portrait of Waylon Jennings and Johnny Cash

November 15

Son of an Arkansas sharecropper, country music legend Johnny Cash (right) - the "Man in Black" - sold more than fifty million records and recorded more than 1,500 songs, including such hits as "Ring of Fire" and "I Walk the Line." In this 1974 photograph by Jim Marshall, Cash stands alongside his friend, collaborator, and one-time roommate Waylon Jennings, who himself enjoyed wide renown as a country music star with such albums as "Honky Tonk Heroes."

Johnny Cash and Waylon Jennings

Data Source
National Portrait Gallery
Artist
Jim Marshall, 3 Feb 1936 - 24 Mar 2010
Sitter
Johnny Cash, 26 Feb 1932 - 12 Sep 2003
Waylon Jennings, 15 Jun 1937 - 13 Feb 2002
Date
1974
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image: 20.5 x 31.4cm (8 1/16 x 12 3/8")
Sheet: 20.5 x 31.4cm (8 1/16 x 12 3/8")
Mount: 28.2 x 40.8cm (11 1/8 x 16 1/16")
Mat: 40.6 x 55.9cm (16 x 22")
Type
Photograph