James Russell Lowell
August 21, 1880
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Classification
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Accession Number
S/NPG.77.131
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Art Historical Context
Step into the world of 19th-century literary portraiture with *James Russell Lowell* (1880), a striking print by French artist James Joseph Jacques Tot (1836–1902). Captured on August 21, 1880, this work depicts the eminent American poet, essayist, and diplomat in a thoughtful pose, clad in an overcoat,ing on a cigar, with his distinctive beard and mustache framing a gaze. Housed in the Smithsonian American Art Museum's National Portrait Gallery, it exemplifies Tissot's skill in etching and printmaking, a medium that allowed for precise detail and wide dissemination among admirers. James Russ...