Admiral de Bon, French Navy
1921
Medium
drypoint in black
Dimensions
plate: 30.48 × 25.4 cm (12 × 10 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Mrs. Walter Tittle
Accession Number
1975.10.3
Art Historical Context
Admiral de Bon, French (1921) is a striking drypoint etching by American artist Walter Tittle, the dignified likeness of Vice Admiral Charles Ferdinand Bon, a prominent French naval officer who served with distinction during World War I Created just three years after the war's end, this portrait reflects the era's fascination with military heroes and the interwar period's emphasis on national pride and remembrance. Tittle, renowned for his intimate portraits of statesmen and leaders, gifted museum-goers a window into early 20th-century Franco-American artistic exchanges. The work's medium—dry...
About the Artist
Walter Tittle
Walter Tittle was an American illustrator, portraitist, and printmaker who built a distinguished career in the early decades of the twentieth century, working across the overlapping worlds of magazine illustration, literary portraiture, and fine art printmaking. Born in Springfield, Ohio, he studied at the Art Students League of New York, an institution that provided rigorous training in drawing a...