Technique

Portrait Sketch of Walter Sickert, whereabouts unknown

It is painted thinly, with the clothes barely indicated, and areas of canvas left bare. It has a very scrubbed and worn look, and is in a very preliminary stage, or indeed, has been scraped down as a preparation for reworking. It is difficult to assess in its current state, but is not entirely like Whistler's other work of the period.

Conservation History

Unknown.

Frame

Unknown.