Self-Portrait with a Recent Invention
about 1854
- Medium
- Daguerreotype
- Dimensions
- 9.2 × 6.7 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-495487
William Constable was both an artist and inventor. Here he showed off his most recent scientific invention: an improved regulating device to increase the efficiency of steam power. Constable placed himself with the invention behind him on his right. Rather than position the invention in center frame, Constable shifted it to the left so as to include himself proudly clasping the device. The composition calls as much attention to his own role as inventor as to the invention itself.
Provenance
The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
Registry history
- about 1854 — Recorded in the collection of J. Paul Getty Museum — photographs
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