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

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M.0840
Portrait of Thomas Carlyle

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1881
Collection: Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession Number: F1905.154
Medium: pencil, pen, brown ink and wash
Support: cream wove paper
Size: 5 9/16-5 11/16 x 5-5 3/16" (141-144 x 126-132 mm)
Signature: none, although a cartouche for the signature is indicated to right of the figure
Inscription: 'J. A. M. W' in unknown hand.

Portrait of Thomas Carlyle

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Portrait of Thomas Carlyle, Freer Gallery of Art
Portrait of Thomas Carlyle, Freer Gallery of Art

This study of Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) may have been a sketch from memory or a photograph rather than a portrait from life.

Last updated: 10th March 2021 by Margaret