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Charcoal and chalk portrait of an older bespectacled man with a mustache, head turned slightly, on tan paper, with the name John Dewey written at lower right.

John Dewey

A charcoal and chalk portrait of an older man with a mustache and wire-rimmed spectacles, shown in three-quarter view against a warm tan paper. Soft shading models his face and receding gray hair, and a signature reading John Dewey appears in the lower right.

Artist
Samuel Johnson Woolf
Date
1932
Medium
Charcoal and chalk on paper
Source
Smithsonian (National Portrait Gallery)
Size
2748 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Smithsonian (National Portrait Gallery) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1932).
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

Español: John Dewey, retrato en carbón y tiza

Retrato en carbón y tiza de un hombre mayor con bigote y lentes de marco metálico, mostrado de tres cuartos sobre un papel color beige cálido. El sombreado suave modela su rostro y su cabello gris entrecano, y en la parte inferior derecha aparece una firma que dice John Dewey.

Português: John Dewey, retrato em carvão e giz

Retrato em carvão e giz de um homem mais velho, de bigode e óculos de armação metálica, mostrado em três quartos sobre papel bege quente. O sombreado suave modela o rosto e o cabelo grisalho em recuo, e uma assinatura com o nome John Dewey aparece no canto inferior direito.

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