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

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M.0012
Portrait of Whistler

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1845/1846
Collection: Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession Number: F1898.144
Medium: pencil and watercolour
Support: off-white wove paper
Size: 4 9/16 x 3" (116 x 77 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: r: '1845 or 1846' in ab unknown hand; v: 'Portrait of Whistler in 1845' by C. L. Freer

Portrait of Whistler

Technique

Portrait of Whistler, Freer Gallery of Art
Portrait of Whistler, Freer Gallery of Art

It is likely that the drawing was touched up by another hand, probably that of his brother-in-law, Francis Seymour Haden, Sr (1818-1910).

Last updated: 12th December 2018 by Margaret