Eleanor Roosevelt Portrait
To Use This Document
With Your Students
Date
1949
Description
Portrait of First Lady of the United States and Chair of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, Eleanor Roosevelt. It is inscribed by the sitter in the upper right corner: “A trial made pleasant by the painter. Eleanor Roosevelt.”
Type
Image
Region
New York City
Era
Postwar United States
Topic
Government, Women, World War II
Repository
Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery
Identifer
140
Source
Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, courtesy of the White House Historical Association. Painted by Douglas Chandor. Accessed at: https://firstladies.si.edu/gallery
Rights
This image is provided for education and research purposes. Rights may be reserved. Responsibility for securing permissions to distribute, publish, reproduce or other use rests with the user. For additional information, see our Copyright and Use Statement.