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

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M.0682
Portrait of the Artist

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1878
Collection: Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession Number: F1899.26a-b
Medium: chalk and pastel
Support: brown paper laid down on card
Size: 6 5/16 x 4 3/4-4 13/16" (160 x 120-122 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: none

Portrait of the Artist

Technique

See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 682).

Conservation History

The paper was cut unevenly on three sides (not at the right), and was laid down on a board from 'The Permanent Postage Stamp Album of H. Stafford Smith (New ed.)'.

Frame

Portrait of the Artist, Freer Gallery of Art
Portrait of the Artist, Freer Gallery of Art

Last updated: 3rd June 2021 by Margaret