Title:
[Self-portrait of artist aboard the frigate Thétis]
Creator/Contributor:
Wikersheim, Fritz (active ca. 1847-1851), French, artist (artist)
Date:
[1845-1851]
Identifier:
BANC PIC 1963.002:1304:42--ALB
Format:
drawing on tinted paper: pencil and white chalk
13.8 x 21.5 cm.
Content/Description:
Three-quarter length self-portrait of Wikersheim leaning casually against drum of (anchor?) apparatus. Artist sits with book
in his lap and wears white shirt with black cravat, cropped jacket, and slouch hat.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Supplied title. Handwritten (LC): à bord de la frégate la Thétis. Inscriptions in French.
Subjects:
Clothing & dress
Genre/Format:
Drawings;
Portraits;
Travel sketches