NELSON MANDELA, REVEREND PETER GOMES, NEIL RUDENSTINE, AND GRAÇA MACHEL PHOTOGRAPH [Inscribed by Mandela to Gomes]

Cambridge, Massachusetts: 1998. Color photograph measuring 12" x 8.5", including white borders. In Good condition. Photo features Reverend Peter J. Gomes, former Harvard President Neil Rudenstine, Nelson Mandela, and Mandela's third wife Craça Machel on the day of Mandela's honorary doctorate commencement ceremony. Light pen smearing and creasing on white borders. Inscribed by Mandela to Gomes in smeared pen on backside. Dated 19-11-98. With pencil on backside as well. Shelved in Case 1 1/2.

1412896

Shelved Dupont Bookstore

Price: $1,000

NOTES

On September 18, 1998, South African President Nelson Mandela (1918-2013) was presented with an honorary doctorate of law from Harvard University. The ceremony in which the degree was conferred marked only the third time that Harvard held a special convocation for a single person—the first being George Washington in 1776 and the second Winston Churchill in 1942.