Object Details
- Description
- A black-and-white portrait of Elvis Presley and B.B. King. On the left, Elvis Presley wears a necktie and striped jacket and puts his arm around the shoulders of B.B. King, right, who wears a bowtie and plaid jacket with a pocket square.
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Created by
- Dr. Ernest C. Withers, American, 1922 - 2007
- Subject of
- Elvis Presley, American, 1935 - 1977
- B.B. King, American, 1925 - 2015
- Date
- December 7, 1957
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm)
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- portraits
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