Portrait of Dr. George Washington Carver (1864-1943)

Arthur Leroy Bairnsfather

1937

  • Titles Portrait of Dr. George Washington Carver (1864-1943) (Proper)
  • Artist Arthur Leroy Bairnsfather, American, 1883 - 1974
  • Medium oil on canvas
  • Dimensions 50 1/2 × 36 in. (128.3 × 91.4 cm) frame: 56 1/2 × 42 11/16 × 2 1/2 in. (143.5 × 108.4 × 6.4 cm)
  • Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Gift of Ann B. Lambert and Robert R. Bairnsfather, AFI.14.2014
  • Work Type painting
  • Classification Paintings
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