Profile Portrait of a Bearded Man, Pencil Drawing

A pencil drawing heightened with white on tan paper shows a short-haired, bearded man in left profile, his collar and shoulder sketched below. Soft, loose shading models the cheek, ear and jaw, and the signature Kelly /91 appears at lower right.

Artist

James Edward Kelly

Date

1891

Medium

pencil heightened with white on paper

Source

Smithsonian (Smithsonian American Art Museum)

Size

1937 × 2783 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Smithsonian American Art Museum