About This Item

  • Call NumberSCHL_0084
  • TitleGeorge Gershwin
  • SummaryCaption: "George Gershwin--this portrait of the composer, painted by his friend, Henry Botkin, will be unveiled at the opening of the George Gershwin Theater at Brooklyn College Sunday [Nov. 9] at 3 p.m."
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: Nov. 10, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBotkin, Henry Albert, 1896-1983 ; Brooklyn Eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectGershwin, George, 1898-1937 ; Brooklyn College ; Portraits, American -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.
  • FolderFolder: Schools: Adult: Brooklyn College: General