Honorable Elihu Root
1922
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
1975.10.30
Art Historical Context
**Honorable Elihu Root** a striking 1922 drypoint etching by American artist Walter Tittle, housed in the National Gallery of Art. Measuring 12 × 10 inches on the plate this intimate portrait captures Elihu Root, a towering figure in early 20th-century American politics Root served as Secretary of War under Presidents McKinley and Roosevelt, Secretary of State under, and later won the Nobel Peace Prize in1912 for his work promoting international law and arbitration. just six years before Root's death, the print reflects Tittle's skill in portraying statesmen during a pivotal era of U.S. global...
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...