Richard Evelyn Byrd
Medium
Drawing
Classification
Drawing
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Time magazine; conserved with funds from The Pritzker Traubert Family Foundation
Accession Number
NPG.78.TC269
Tags
PortraitRichard Evelyn Byrd: MaleNaval aviatorRear AdmiralExplorer
About this artwork
In 1978, Time magazine donated approximately eight hundred works of original cover art to the National Portrait Gallery. The museum is dedicated to telling the stories of individuals who have shaped the United States, and the Time Collectionâfeaturing prominent international figures and eventsâenriches our understanding of the United States in a global context.