1827
graphite
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Shepard Alonzo Mount, Age Twenty-Three [recto] is a 1827 graphite by William Sidney Mount, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This drawing shows a young man with a gentle face. He's dressed in simple clothes. You can see the lines and shading that make up his face and clothes. The artist used graphite to create this portrait. The drawing is very detailed, with lots of lines and shading. To learn more about this style of drawing, look into the technique: sfumato.
William Sidney Mount (November 26, 1807 – November 19, 1868) was a 19th-century American genre painter.
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