Portrait of the Artist

Brooklyn Museum photograph
Caption
Robert Frederick Blum (American, 1857–1903). Portrait of the Artist, 188[5?]; published 1891. Drypoint on cream-colored laid paper, sheet: 13 3/4 x 10 5/16 in. (34.9 x 26.2 cm) image: 7 13/16 x 5 13/16 in. (19.8 x 14.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Cincinnati Museum Association, 11.576. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Artist
Title
Portrait of the Artist
Date
188[5?]; published 1891
Medium
Drypoint on cream-colored laid paper
Classification
Dimensions
sheet: 13 3/4 x 10 5/16 in. (34.9 x 26.2 cm) image: 7 13/16 x 5 13/16 in. (19.8 x 14.8 cm)
Signatures
Signed left center: "BLUM / 188[5?]"
Inscriptions
Printed at center of sheet below image: 'ROBERT F. BLUM, / ETCHED BY HIMSELF FOR "THE STUDIO"' and at lower left of sheet: 'Supplement to / The Studio, December 5, 1891' Written on upper margin: "Rare print, W.J. Baer, plate lost"
Credit Line
Gift of the Cincinnati Museum Association
Accession Number
11.576
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