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

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YMSM 356
Portrait of Henry E. Dixey

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1886
Collection: Whereabouts Unknown
Accession Number: none
Medium: oil
Support: unknown
Size: unknown
Signature: unknown
Inscription: unknown
Frame: unknown

Portrait of Henry E. Dixey

Composition

Henry E. Dixey in Adonis, photograph by Sarony, 1884
Henry E. Dixey in Adonis, photograph by Sarony, 1884
Master Menpes, Whereabouts unknown
Master Menpes, Whereabouts unknown

It is curious that Whistler also painted a boy, Mortimer James Menpes ( 1879-1900), the son of Mortimer Luddington Menpes (1860-1938), in a version of Directoire costume, Master Menpes [YMSM 261]. That picture has been tentatively dated 1886/1887, but could date from later. Could it possibly have been either a precursor, or later reworking of the portrait of Dixey?

Technique

Unknown.

Conservation History

Unknown.

Frame

Unknown.

Last updated: 21st November 2020 by Margaret