Portrait of Whistler with Hat probably dates from 1858.

Portrait of Whistler with Hat, Freer Gallery of Art

In 1904, Théodore Duret (1838-1927) stated that it was painted in a studio in the Rue Campagne-Première in 1857/1858, but he later changed this to 1857/1859. 1 According to George Aloysius Lucas (1824-1909), Whistler moved to 3 rue Campagne-Première in June 1858. 2 This address, and the technique (which resembles, for instance, that of La Mère Gérard (1) [YMSM 026]), reinforce a date of 1858.

The portrait was given by Whistler to his friend, the artist Ernest Delannoy (d. 1869/1872), in Paris, possibly in August 1859, and certainly before 1865. 3