Henry L Stimson, U.S. Secretary of State (by Ellen Emmet Rand) – U.S. Department of State, 1933

Oil on canvasoverall: 42 3/4 in x 33 in; 108. 585 cm x 83. 82 cmhenry lewis stimson, from 1933; to the department of state; to the fine arts committee. This portrait of henry l. Stimson was painted from life in 1933 for mr. Stimson, who had it sent to the department of state in october 1933 on the understanding that it was to "be treated temporarily as a loan. " it was received in the department on october 25 and was hung in secretary of state cordell hull's anteroom the following day. The loan developed eventually into a giftsigned "ellen emmet rand 1933" upper left. Date: 1933.