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Open today 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
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Washington, DC 20565

Sculpture Garden Extended Hours

Open late until 8:00 p.m. on select nights
Through September 5
Exhibitions & Events
America’s 250th

Celebrating American art and artists
Art & Artists
Open Call

Artists Reimagining the Collection
Meet the 50 makers selected from more than 1,600 submissions

James McNeil Whistler

Mortimer Menpes

Associated Names

Mortimer Menpes

Artist, British, 1855 - 1938

The portrait depicts a man with a bushy mustache, a goatee, nearly closed eyes, curly hair, and wearing a dark garment. He has a monocle in his right eye. The background has a cross-hatched pattern. An inscription at the bottom states "First proof printed for Walter Dowdeswell, Mortimer Menpes."

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Artwork overview

Medium

etching
Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection
Dimensions

sheet: 32 × 25.3 cm (12 5/8 × 9 15/16 in.)
Accession Number

1943.3.8917

Artwork history & notes

Wikidata ID

Q65024057

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