TitleSelf-Portrait
Artist
Benoni Irwin
(1840 - 1896)
Date1889
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsUnframed: 21 × 17 in.
Framed: 23 1/8 × 19 1/4 × 7/8 in.
SignedSigned upper right: "Benoni Irwin/89"
SubmissionANA diploma presentation, October 14, 1889
Credit LineNational Academy of Design, New York, NY
Object number651-P
Label TextOver a year after its acceptance, Irwin's self portrait was displayed at the 1890 Autumn Exhibition. Several critics mentioned the work, calling it creditable and a "very good likeness" (Art Notes, 201).
