Frederick Douglass by an unidentified artist. Oil on canvas, 1845. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Exhibit: June 16, 2023 - April 21, 2024
Gallery Hours: 11:30 AM - 7:00 PM daily. Closed December 25
“One Life: Frederick Douglass” illuminates the legacy of one of the 19th century’s most influential writers, speakers, and intellectuals through prints, photographs, and ephemera.
“One Life: Frederick Douglass” is guest curated by John Stauffer, the Sumner R. and Marshall S. Kates Professor of English and of African and African American Studies at Harvard University.