Karsh Signature

Yousuf Karsh, master photographer of the 20th century

Sittings

Every sitting was recorded on a card file by the Karsh studio. The cards have been transcribed and are searchable here. Some personal data has been excluded, some information corrected, and some standardizations have been made to make searching simpler, but otherwise the information you see is largely how it was originally typed. Browse or search below by name, and choose to order the sittings by number, date or name.

BY NUMBER NAME DATE

Sittings by Sitting Number

sitting #
date
Name
Role, Location, Notes
10344
Jul 9 1949

Jean Cocteau

Writer, Playwright, Poet, Painter, Producer, Etc.
10347
Jul 15 1949

J. H. Loudon

Director of Shell Petroleum Co. Ltd.
Shell Oil Sittings
10349
Jul 19 1949

Hector Macneil

Minister of State, Foreign Office, Whitehall, London
10353
Jul 22 1949

Harold Wilson

President of the Board of Trade, London, England
10355
Jul 26 1949

Anthony Eden

Leader of the Opposition (Conservative Party)
10359
Jul 28 1949

Lord Moran

Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, London, England
10363
Aug 30 1949

Dean C. R. Young

Faculty of Applied Science, University of Toronto
Arranged and sponsored by Engineering Alumni Assoc.
10364
Aug 1 1949

Europe

Summer. Various views and people.
10367
Sep 13 1949

C. H. Greenewalt Esq.

President, Du Pont de Nemours & Co. Inc.
Through PIX Publishing re E. I. Du Pont de Nemours & Co. Inc.
10382
Oct 21 1949

Dr. William L. Robinson

Professor of Surgical Pathology, University of Toronto, Chief of Surgical Pathology Department
10385
Oct 27 1949

H. W. Manning Esq.

Vice President & Managing Director, The Great-West Life Assurance Co.
10389
Aug 1 1948

Madame Karsh

Senior, YK’s Mother. Taken in Studio, Summer of 1948
10390
Aug 1 1948

Mr. Karsh

Senior. YK’s Father. Taken in Studio, Summer of 1948
10396
Nov 23 1949

Charles E. Wilson

President, General Motors Corporation
For Esquire Magazine
10397
Nov 23 1949

George W. Mason Esq.

President & Chairman, Nash-Kelvinator Corp.
For Esquire Magazine
10400
Nov 29 1949

Camille Gutt Esq.

Chairman & Managing Director, International Monetary Fund
10402
Nov 29 1949

General Carl J. Gray

Head of Veteran’s Bureau, Washington, D.C.
For J. Walter Thompson
10412
Jan 6 1950

Hugh J. Ferry Esq.

President, Packard Motor Car Company
For Esquire Magazine
10424
Jan 19 1950

George Green

Secretary to Hon. Humphrey Mitchell, Minister of Labour
10428
Jan 29 1950

Dean Boggs

N.Y. Post Graduate Medical School
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