Lord Wolseley

c. 1877

James McNeill Whistler

Associated Names
James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

The image shows a man's upper body profile facing left. He has short, neatly combed hair, a part along the top, lightly etched facial features, a pronounced nose, and is wearing a suit with a high-collared shirt. The background consists of hatched lines for depth, with shading and texture to define form and light.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    drypoint in brown on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.8497

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    MacDonald 2012, no. 177, state vi/vii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Charles William Dowdeswell [1832- 1915], London, (Lugt 690). (Probably acquired by H. Wunderlich & Co., New York, 1912, stock no. a51713). Henry Harper Benedict [1844-1935)], New York, (Lugt 1298). 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.

Bibliography

1910

  • Kennedy, Edward G. The Etched Work of Whistler. New York: Grolier Club, 1910, no. 164, iv/iv.

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. 177, state vi/vii.

Inscriptions

on plate: butterfly; by later hands, lower right on the verso: 105 (in a semi-circle); L.L.O (underlined); lower left on the verso: o.cr.o (next to) D

Watermarks

Arms of Amsterdam

Wikidata ID

Q65021914

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