Robert Barr

1894/1895

James McNeill Whistler

Associated Names
James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

The image shows an etched portrait of a man from the chest upwards. He is presented in a slightly turned profile, facing the right side. The man has a large, full beard and mustache, with minimal detail on his eyes and nose. He wears a wide-brimmed hat and a jacket or coat. The background is a plain, textured surface, likely representing the texture of the etching plate.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on brown wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 11 × 8.9 cm (4 5/16 × 3 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 31.7 × 23.3 cm (12 1/2 × 9 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.8657

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    MacDonald 2012, no. 478, only state

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Purchased August 13, 1931 by Lessing Julius Rosenwald [1891-1971], Philadelphia, (Lugt 1760b); gift to National Gallery of Art, 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. 4.

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. 478, only state.

Inscriptions

Not signed. Not dated. "Robert Barr etched by Whistler in 1894 at 13 Robert Street Cumberland Market" lower left margin, black ink, unknown hand. "Limited to 45 impressions / No.5. Sickert" lower center margin, black ink, unknown hand. "5" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "5" [circled] verso, lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand.

Markings

"LRJ" verso, black stamped ink, stamped twice. "National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink.

Watermarks

None.

Wikidata ID

Q65022075

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