Self-Portrait Working at a Lithographic Press

1847

Julius Adam the Elder

Associated Names
Julius Adam the Elder

Artist, German, 1826 - 1874

The image depicts a man in profile, facing left, leaning forward over a workbench. He is wearing a short-sleeved shirt, a cloth cap, and an apron tied around his waist. The workbench has various woodworking tools, including chisels and what seems to be a printing press machine. In the background, there are more tools and a workshop setting.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    graphite on paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 25.6 × 19.4 cm (10 1/16 × 7 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.54.2

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(H. W. Fichter Kunsthandel, Frankfurt am Main); purchased 2015 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

2014

  • H. W. Fichter, Kunsthandel, Gezeichnete Kunst XIX: Im Klang der Linie. Frankfurt am Main, 2014: 56-57.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: Julius Adam; verso in graphite: two rough sketches of soldiers

Wikidata ID

Q64591703

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