Object Record
Images
Metadata
Collection |
Fine Art Collection |
Object Name |
Portrait |
Other Name |
Benjamin Banneker Portrait |
Catalog Number |
1977.1.1 |
Accession Number |
1977.1 |
Date |
1977 |
Description |
Portrait of Banneker in tan suit. White hair. Holding his almanac in hands. Behind him sits candle, telescope and other instruments. Plaque beneath portrait reads "Benjamin Banneker | 1731-1806 | Gift of Maryland Bicentennial Commission & | Banneker-Douglass Foundation" |
Artist |
Hughie Lee-Smith |
People |
Banneker, Benjamin, 1731-1806 Lee-Smith, Hughie |
Subjects |
Almanacs Art Banneker, Benjamin, 1731-1806. Banneker, Benjamin, Astronomers. Scientists. Banneker, Benjamin,--Astronomers. Painting |