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Charcoal and chalk portrait of a balding man in a dark suit and tie, turned slightly, against a shadowed background on tan paper.

Arthur Stanley Eddington

A charcoal and white chalk portrait shows a balding man with a steady gaze and faint smile, turned three-quarters toward the viewer against a dark, smudged background. He wears a dark suit jacket, collared shirt and tie, drawn on tan paper with a signature at lower left.

Artist
Samuel Johnson Woolf
Date
1934
Medium
Charcoal on paper
Source
Smithsonian (National Portrait Gallery)
Size
2900 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Smithsonian (National Portrait Gallery) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1934).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, National Portrait Gallery

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