Artist: James McNeill Whistler Date: 1852/1853 Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY Accession Number: 1970.121.8 Medium: pencil, pen and dark brown ink Support: light buff wove paper laid down on card Size: 3 1/8 x 1 3/4" (79 x 44 mm) Signature: none Inscription: 'Well Sir!'
A man in a straw hat, wearing narrow trousers, waistcoat and open jacket, his arms bent assertively and hands poked into his waistcoat armholes, stands with legs apart, facing three-quarter right.