Portrait of James S. Beckham

A lithograph portrait of a man with dark, swept-back hair, shown from the chest up in a dark coat with a high velvet collar and a white shirt with a dark cravat. The sheet is stained and yellowed, with a cursive signature and flourish written across the lower center.

Artist

Jules Lion

Date

1842

Medium

lithograph on paper

Source

Smithsonian (Smithsonian American Art Museum)

Size

1897 × 2560 px

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