Detail from The Canal, Amsterdam, 1889, James McNeill Whistler, The Hunterian, University of Glasgow

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Sketch Portrait of Walter Sickert

Sketch Portrait of Walter Sickert dates from between 1885 and 1887. 1

Sketch Portrait of Walter Sickert, Dublin City Gallery, The Hugh Lane
Sketch Portrait of Walter Sickert, Dublin City Gallery, The Hugh Lane

The date of the portrait is not clear from the correspondence between artist and sitter. Sickert wrote to Whistler, possibly in December 1885 or 1886, that he had paid for his portrait, but, later, possibly in October 1887, he mentioned that £52.10.0 was outstanding 'to complete the 200 guineas.' 2 Unfortunately, it is not known if one or other or both of these payments were for a full-length, Portrait of Walter Sickert [YMSM 349] (which is unlikely), or for a head-and-shoulder portrait of Sickert, either this portrait and Portrait Sketch of Walter Sickert [YMSM 351].

Notes:

1: Dated 'about 1886' in YMSM 1980 [more] (cat. no. 350).

2: [December 1885/1886], GUW #05424; [October 1887], GUW #05434.

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