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Augustus Freeman (Gus) Hawkins

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Date

1990

Artist

Joseph Maniscalco

Dimensions

60 x 40 in. (152.4 x 101.6 cm) Framed: 65 1/4 x 45 in. (165.7 x 114.3 cm)

Accession Number

2002.020.004

Credit Line

Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives

Object Details

“Gus” Hawkins was proud of many accomplishments in his time as Chairman of the Education and Labor Committee, but the one he chose to be included in his portrait was Opening Doors for America’s Children, a report on child welfare completed the same year as the portrait. Also in the foreground, a small statue of Abraham Lincoln serves as a bookend for several legal volumes.

Rights and Reproduction Information

Objects

Gus Hawkins and an Astronaut Suit
Gus Hawkins and an Astronaut Suit

People

HAWKINS, Augustus Freeman (Gus)
HAWKINS, Augustus Freeman (Gus)
Office of the Historian: history@mail.house.gov
Office of Art & Archives, Office of the Clerk: art@mail.house.gov, archives@mail.house.gov