B.B. King - Symphony Hall, Boston, Mass. - 1969: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

This image depicts musician B.B. King playing his guitar. Wearing a dark suit, light tie, light pinstripe shirt with french cuffs, he holds his guitar to the right side of his torso, strumming with his right hand. He wears a ring on each hand. His eyes closed, he faces slightly to his left, towards the viewer. Taken from below, this angle gives him a monumental aspect.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1969
• Photograph by: Robert Houston, American, 1935 - 2021
• Subject of: B.B. King, American, 1925 - 2015
• Type: portraits
• Type: digital images
• Type: digital media - born analog
• Medium: digital
• Dimensions: H x W: 11756 pixels × 9924 pixels, 222.54 MB
• Place depicted: Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Blues (Music)
• Topic: Men
• Topic: Photography
• Object number: 2014.116.25
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Robert and Greta Houston
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Sources and reuse

Catalogue descriptions and facts adapted from National Museum of African American History and Culture through the Smithsonian's official Open Access dataset. This record explicitly marks its metadata CC0 1.0; formatting and selection have been changed. The underlying object's rights statement is: © Robert Houston Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.