Polidor the Clown: Museum Object and Cultural History
Polidor the Clown: date made: 1938. Object Name: geltin silver print. Physical Description: paper (overall material).
The object in the museum catalogue
Edward Guillame, or Polidor the Clown; black and white, matted gelatin silver print; portrait from neck up of a clown; man in white face paint with dark accents over eyebrows and around mouth wearing a ruffled collar around neck and hat with small tuffs of hair escaped from hat just above ears; by Bob Leavitt
Materials, dates and provenance
- date made: 1938
- Object Name: geltin silver print
- Physical Description: paper (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 38.2 cm x 28.2 cm; 15 1/32 in x 11 3/32 in
- Subject: Clowns
- Subject: Circus
- Subject: Men
- ID Number: 2017.0281.0004
- accession number: 2017.0281
- catalog number: 2017.0281.0004
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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