Expressive Antique Chalk Portrait of Young Man with Bow Tie nude carving harvested soil behind them

harvested soil behind them

whose estate (including huge

which I've not dug into deeply enough to understand exactly who or what is being satirized in this engraving

15 5/8" w x 11 3/4" t

A little roughness original to the carving and some small nicks here and there (an a little dust as noted) but in very good shape overall

Expressive Antique Chalk Portrait of Young Man with Bow Tie nude carving harvested soil behind themI've become more and more interested in the history of portraiture and the manners in which changing technologies broadened access to having portraits made of oneself, and shaped the manner of representation. And also in how we have always wanted to enhance images of ourselves! The first charcoal portraits date to the 1860s, and became increasingly popular in the later 1800s photo portraits printed on paper and enhanced with charcoal drawing. This one