Portrait of John D. Rockefeller
1921
Medium
Wood engraving on cream China paper, tipped onto ivory wove paper
Dimensions
Image/plate: 2.2 × 2.7 cm (7/8 × 1 1/8 in.); Primary support: 3.1 × 4.6 cm (1 1/4 × 1 13/16 in.); Secondary support: 3.4 × 4.7 cm (1 3/8 × 1 7/8 in.)
Classification
wood engraving
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
39534
About the Artist
Timothy Cole
Timothy Cole (1852–1931) was one of the most celebrated wood engravers of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, renowned for his extraordinary ability to translate the tonal richness of Old Master paintings into the exacting medium of engraved wood. Born in London, England, Cole emigrated with his family to the United States in 1858. He began his career as a wood engraver in Chicago, but t...