19th c. Signed Oil Portrait 1896 Prints Seventeen year-old Jacob Golomb

Seventeen year-old Jacob Golomb

carved out or built up to create negative space

In 1890 a Kodak folding camera with built-in 48 exposure film roll followed

This piece has retained its original finish with minor structural damage

Wax anatomical models were originally used for its resemblance to human flesh and remained favored in the eighteenth century for its malleability

19th c. Signed Oil Portrait 1896 Prints Seventeen year-old Jacob GolombABOUT This is an original signed 19th century oil portrait of a gentleman. This piece has retained its original finish. CREATOR S. W. Mellott DATE OF MANUFACTURE c. 1896 MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES Oil on Canvas. CONDITION Good. Wear consistent with age and use. The piece is loose on one side. DIMENSIONS H 24 in. W 20 in. D 1 in. HISTORY This piece was found in SE Indiana. No other history is known.