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

 

M.0462
r.: Portrait sketch of Thomas Carlyle; v.: Head

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1872/1873
Collection: Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession Number: F1905.143a-b
Medium: chalk
Support: brown wove paper
Size: 11 1/16 x 7 1/8" (281 x 181 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: 'J. A. M. W.' im unknown hand

r.: Portrait sketch of Thomas Carlyle; v.: Head

Composition

v.: Head, Freer Gallery of Art
v.: Head, Freer Gallery of Art
r.: Portrait sketch of Thomas Carlyle, Freer Gallery of Art
r.: Portrait sketch of Thomas Carlyle, Freer Gallery of Art
Arrangement in Grey and Black, No. 2: Portrait of Thomas Carlyle, Glasgow Museums
Arrangement in Grey and Black, No. 2: Portrait of Thomas Carlyle, Glasgow Museums

These drawings are studies for Arrangement in Grey and Black, No. 2: Portrait of Thomas Carlyle [YMSM 137].

Last updated: 8th March 2021 by Margaret