Object Details
- Description
- A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of a man standing in front of a large banner during the twentieth anniversary of the March on Washington, August 27, 1983. The man is depicted on the left side of the image wearing a dark suit, white shirt, and a bow tie. The man is standing in front of a large, painted banner depicting Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. King is painted in three-quarters bust pose with his proper left hand resting on his chin and his proper left index finger on his cheek.
- On the verso of the image are handwritten inscriptions that provide the image date, event information, location, image number, the name of the printer, and the signature of the donor. There are also two (2) stamp marks in black ink in the bottom right corner of the verso.
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Photograph by
- Leonard Freed, American, 1929 - 2006
- Subject of
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., American, 1929 - 1968
- 20th Anniversary March on Washington, founded 1983
- Printed by
- Brigitte Freed, American
- Pablo Inirio
- Date
- August 27, 1983; printed 2013
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Brigitte Freed in memory of Leonard Freed
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 13 1/8 × 8 13/16 in. (33.3 × 22.4 cm)
- H x W (Sheet): 14 × 11 in. (35.5 × 27.9 cm)
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- portraits
