# Self-Portrait

**Oliver Tarbell Eddy** (1799–1868)  
ca. 1850  
oil on tin  
4 1/2 x 3 1/8 in.

Courtesy of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, 2019.6.3. [The museum's record](https://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artwork/?id=113474).

## About this work

Oliver Tarbell Eddy painted this in about 1850, aged 51. It is now at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, DC.

### How it was made

- **Oil paint.** Pigment ground in a drying oil, usually linseed. It dries slowly, so painters could blend on the canvas, build up thin translucent glazes, and rework a picture over weeks. Canvas replaced wooden panels in the 1500s because it is lighter and can be rolled.

### [Oliver Tarbell Eddy](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/oliver-tarbell-eddy)

1799–1868

## Facts

- Type: Painting
- The artist was 51
- Century: 19th century
- Subjects: Painters, Occupations, Men, Portraits
- Colour: brown
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

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