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

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M.0542
Portrait of a boy

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1873/1878
Collection: Colby College Museum of Art
Accession Number: 2013.299
Medium: chalk
Support: brown wove paper
Size: 10 7/8 x 7 3/8" (277 x 187 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: 'G.Mignot / [by?] Whistler' in unknown hand

Portrait of a boy

Portrait of a boy dates from 1873/1878. It is dated from the technique and possible age of the sitter, who is believed to be Rémy Granville Mignot (1861-1927) .

Portrait of a boy, Colby College Museum of Art
Portrait of a boy, Colby College Museum of Art

It was catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 542). The provenance and information on the sitter has been revised.

Last updated: 3rd June 2021 by Margaret