Lord Riddell of Walton Heath
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
1975.10.22
Art Historical Context
**Lord Riddell of Walton Heath is a striking drypoint portrait etched by American artist Walter Tittle in1921. Capturing the dignified likeness of Lord Riddell, prominent British figure associated with Walton Heath this print exemplifies Tittle's skill in rendering notable personalities of the early 20th. Created in the interwar period, reflects an era when portraiture celebrated influential leaders and aristocrats, preserving their presence through intimate artistic interpretation. Drypoint, Tittle's favored medium here, involves scratching directly into a copper plate with a sharp tool, rai...
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...