National Gallery of Art · Photograph
"Johnson-Ketchel Contest, San Francisco"
Percy Dana
- Date
- 1909
- Medium
- gelatin silver print (real photo postcard)
- Dimensions
- image/sheet: 8.8 × 13.8 cm (3 7/16 × 5 7/16 in.)
- Classification
- Photograph
- Accession number
- 2023.39.119
- Credit line
- Ross J. Kelbaugh Collection, Purchased with support from the Ford Foundation
- Time span
- 1901 to 1925
- Department
- CPH
Subjects and terms
- portrait
- American
- gelatin silver print
- Boxing
- African American
- Men
- Postcard
Provenance
Ross Kelbaugh, Marriottsville, MD; NGA purchase, 2023.
Inscription
signed by artist, lower right in negative: DANA / Photo. / S.F.; across top: JOHNSON-KETCHEL CONTEST. S.F. OCT 16. 09. WON BY JOHNSON. 12 ROUNDS. KO. JACK WELSH, REFEREE.; across bottom: LOFTUS. Britt. Jordan. Ketchel. Welsh. Foley. Johnson. Little. Lahey.; on verso, by Ross Kelbaugh, top right in graphite: 11/16RAH / AF066A; center left printed in black ink perpendicular: THE SOMMER STUDIO / 210 n. 8TH ST., PHILADELPHIA, PA.
NGA object ID 227137. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.