Artist/Maker
Unidentified artist
Depicted
Theodore Roosevelt
(American, 1858 – 1919)
Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919)
ca. 1900
Black prepared paper cut-out laid on card
Image (height): 3 in. (7.6 cm)
Sheet: 5 1/2 × 3 1/2 in. (14 × 8.9 cm)
Sheet: 5 1/2 × 3 1/2 in. (14 × 8.9 cm)
Gift of Samuel V. Hoffman, 1926
Z.2373
With great economy, the cutter captured Theodore Roosevelt addressing a crowd in a dynamic rhetorical pose. Roosevelt became the 26th president of the U.S. in 1901.
DescriptionSilhouette: Bust of Theodore Roosevelt in left-facing profile with both hands extended; cutout from black paper and mounted on rectangular cream card.InscribedInscription on front: "[Theo Roosevelt]"
ClassificationsDRAWINGS
Augustin Amant Constant Fidèle Edouart
1840
Z.2400
