The Boy (Charlie Hanson)

c. 1873/1875

James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    drypoint on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 22.23 × 14.61 cm (8 3/4 × 5 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 33.34 × 20.64 cm (13 1/8 × 8 1/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1943.3.8472

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Kennedy 1910, no. 135


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

purchased by Lessing Julius Rosenwald [1891-1971], Philadelphia, (Lugt 1760b); 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.

2022

  • The Woman in White: Joanna Hiffernan and James McNeill Whistler, Royal Academy of Arts, London; National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2022, no. 30.

Bibliography

1910

  • Kennedy, Edward G. The Etched Work of Whistler. New York: Grolier Club, 1910, no. 135, vi/viii.

2012

  • MacDonald, Margaret, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock. James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, A Catalogue Raisonné. Scotland: University of Glasgow, 2012, no. 145, vi//viii. http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk

Inscriptions

lower left edge in graphite by unknown hand: K. 135 VI The Boy; lower right edge in graphite by unknown hand: e.15091

Markings

stamped center verso in black ink: LJR and National Gallery of Art / LJR

Watermarks

none

Wikidata ID

Q65021889


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