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The image shows an elderly man from the chest up. He is slightly turned to his left, with his shoulders in view. His head is facing forward with a calm expression. He has piercing eyes, a long, full beard, and medium-length wavy hair. The man is dressed in a dark coat with no visible detailing, against a light background. The background is a plain, textured surface.
National Gallery of Art · Print
Asher B. Durand
Frederick Halpin, after Charles Loring Elliott
- Date
- 1865
- Medium
- engraving in black with chine collé on wove paper
- Dimensions
- image: 22.07 × 18.1 cm (8 11/16 × 7 1/8 in.) plate: 35.08 × 26.35 cm (13 13/16 × 10 3/8 in.) sheet: 52.07 × 39.69 cm (20 1/2 × 15 5/8 in.)
- Classification
- Accession number
- 2015.19.2408
- Credit line
- Corcoran Collection (Gift of Samuel P. Avery, 1877)
- Time span
- 1851 to 1875
- Department
- CG-W
Subjects and terms
- portrait
- American
- engraving
- Bust
- Portrait
- Male
Provenance
Samuel P. Avery, Jr., New York; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1877; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art.
Inscription
lower left in graphite: C.L. Elliott; lower right in graphite by unknown hand: A.B. Durand; lower right in graphite: Presented by S.P. Avery Text at bottom on plate: Painted by C.L. Elliott. / Entered according to act of Congress A.D. 1865 by Sam P. Avery in the clerks office of the district court of the southern district of N.Y. / Engraved by F. Halpin. / Published by Sam P. Avery 294 Broadway, New York, 1865.
NGA object ID 194317. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.