Skip to main content

Link to Smithsonian homepage

Smithsonian Music

Main menu

  • Calendar
  • Listen
  • Learn
    • Ask Smithsonian
    • Collections Spotlights
    • Music Stories
  • Watch
  • Blog

Sidney Bechet

Object Details

Data Source
National Portrait Gallery
Artist
Chargesheimer, 19 May 1924 - 31 Dec 1972
Sitter
Sidney Bechet, 14 May 1897 - 14 May 1959
Date
1955
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image: 26.1 × 25.7 cm (10 1/4 × 10 1/8")
Sheet: 40 × 29.9 cm (15 3/4 × 11 3/4")
Mat: 71.1 × 55.9 cm (28 × 22")
Type
Photograph

Featured In

  • Jazzed About Art:Jazz Photography
  • Jazzed About Art:Jazz Portraiture
There are restrictions for re-using this image. For more information, visit the Smithsonian's Terms of Use page .
International media Interoperability Framework
IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more.
View manifest View in Mirador Viewer

Link to Smithsonian homepage

  • About
  • Terms of Use
  • Privacy
  • YouTube
  • Twitter
Back to Top