Portrait sketches

Portrait sketches

Item Information

Title:
Portrait sketches
Description:
At the right is the nearly full-length portrait of a man with moustache and full beard, standing with his left hand thrust in a pocket of his coat. At the left, near the top of the plate, is the head of a man with moustache and pointed beard. Near the bottom of the plate is the head of Whistler, in reverse. Between these is a slight suggestion of the head of a man, in reverse. The plate is unsigned.
Artist:
Whistler, James McNeill, 1834-1903
Date:
[1874–1875]
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Drypoints
Portrait prints
Cancellation proofs
Self-portraits
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903). Lithographs, Etchings, and Drawings
Subjects:
Artists
Whistler, James McNeill, 1834-1903
Extent:
1 print : drypoint ; plate mark 31 x 18 cm
Permalink:
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Terms of Use:
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Notes:
Title from catalogue raisonné.
Kennedy: K. 101
Additional information accompanying item: Included in "Etchings by J. M. Whistler from the cancelled plates."
Handwritten on item: The only impressions known are from the cancelled plate.
Notes (date):
Date supplied by cataloger.
This date is inferred.
Notes (citation):
Kennedy, Edward G. (Edward Guthrie). "The etched work of Whistler ; compiled, arranged and described by Edward G. Kennedy, with an introduction by Royal Cortissoz." Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1978, San Francisco.
Notes (object):
From an impression from the cancelled plate.
Identifier:
17_14_000085
Barcode:
36666000099479