Titles

Minor variations on the title have been suggested:

• 'Sketch Portrait of Mr Sickert' (1905, National Museum, Dublin). 1
• 'Portrait Sketch of Walter Sickert' (1960, Arts Council). 2
• 'Sketch Portrait of Walter Sickert' (1980, YMSM). 3

'Sketch Portrait of Walter Sickert' is the preferred title.

Description

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

A head and shoulders portrait of a young man in vertical format. He faces the viewer, his dark hair tousled, falling forward over his forehead.

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, Dublin City Gallery, The Hugh Lane, photograph 1980

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 Portrait of Walter Sickert [YMSM 349] and Portrait Sketch of Walter Sickert [YMSM 351]).