Mr. Davis (Mr. Mann)

1860

James McNeill Whistler

Associated Names
James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

The image is an etching showing the upper half of a seated person. The person is reclined slightly with their right arm resting on a surface and their left arm crossed over their body. They have a full face with a contemplative expression, short dark hair, facial hair around the cheeks and chin, a broad-brimmed hat, and a voluminous coat or cape on their shoulders. There are no visible pieces of jewelry or objects. The background features abstract textures resembling a corner of a room with horizontal and vertical lines. In the bottom left corner, the artist's signature "Whistler" and the date "1859" are visible.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    drypoint on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 22.86 x 15.24 cm (9 x 6 in.)
    sheet: 29.21 x 19.69 cm (11 1/2 x 7 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.8441

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Kennedy 1910, no. 63, i/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Lessing Julius Rosenwald [1891-1971], Philadelphia; gift to NGA, 1943.  

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1931

  • Etchings, Lithographs, Original Drawings, and Autograph Letters by James A. McNeill Whistler, The Free Library of Philadelphia, 1931.

Bibliography

1910

  • Kennedy, Edward G. The Etched Work of Whistler. New York: Grolier Club, 1910, no. 63, i/ii.

2012

  • MacDonald, Margaret F., Grischka Petri, Joanna Meacock.James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonné. University of Glasgow on-line website at http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. University of Glasgow, 2012: no. 73, state ii/ii.

Inscriptions

on plate: Whistler. 1860.

Wikidata ID

Q65021858

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