Titles

One basic title has been suggested:

• 'portrait of Mr. Walter Sickert' (1886, M. C. Salaman). 1
• 'Portrait of Walter Sickert' (1980, YMSM). 2

Description

It was described by Malcolm Charles Salaman (1855-1940) as 'A full length portrait of Mr. Walter Sickert ... He is in evening dress, and stands against a dark wall ... The values of the black tones ... are wonderfully mastered.' 3

Sitter

Walter Richard Sickert (1860-1942) met Whistler about 1882, and left the Slade School of Art to become Whistler's pupil and assistant.

Sketch Portrait of Walter Sickert, Municipal Gallery of Modern Art, Dublin

Portrait Sketch of Walter Sickert, Private Collection

He commissioned Whistler to paint portraits of both his wife (see Arrangement in Violet and Pink: Mrs Walter Sickert [YMSM 337] and Green and Violet: Portrait of Mrs Walter Sickert [YMSM 338]) and himself (see Sketch Portrait of Walter Sickert [YMSM 350] and Portrait Sketch of Walter Sickert [YMSM 351]).