The image is a portrait engraving of a man's upper body in profile facing to the right. He has a beard, a long mustache, short hair, and is wearing a high-collared shirt with a cravat and a buttoned suit. The background is subtly textured.
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Self-Portrait

Thomas Nast (American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)

1884

Medium
etching
Classification
Print
Dimensions
image: 360 x 284 mm ; sheet: 520 x 394 mm
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CG-W
Credit line
Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift of Reba and Dave Williams
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

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