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Charcoal and chalk portrait of a man in suit and tie, hands clasped, with a dog's head at lower left against a shaded background.

Herbert Hoover, charcoal portrait with dog

A charcoal and chalk portrait shows a man in a suit jacket, vest and dark tie, seated three-quarter length with his hands clasped and a dog's head at the lower left. Soft shading models the face and sleeves against a loosely hatched dark background, with a signature at lower right.

Artist
Samuel Johnson Woolf
Date
1928
Medium
Charcoal and chalk on paper
Source
Smithsonian (National Portrait Gallery)
Size
3085 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Smithsonian (National Portrait Gallery) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1928).
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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