Portrait of Whistler with a Paintbrush

Harper Pennington

Associated Names
Harper Pennington

Artist, American, c. 1853/1855 - 1920

The image shows a person standing upright. The person faces the viewer, holding a paintbrush in their right hand and a palette in their left hand. They have curly hair, a beard, and a mustache. The person is wearing a long-sleeved shirt, pants, and a bow tie or ribbon. The background has textured, shaded lines.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and ink over graphite on white wove paper; laid down on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mark Samuels Lasner

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 19.8 × 12.2 cm (7 13/16 × 4 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1988.53.5

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1995

  • In Pursuit of the Butterfly: Portraits of James A. McNeil Whistler. National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C., 1995, 114, fig. 4:22.

Bibliography

1995

  • Denker, Eric. In Pursuit of the Butterfly: Portraits of James A. McNeil Whistler. Exh. cat. National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C., 1995: 114, fig. 4:22.

Inscriptions

lower right in black ink: [not deciphered]; upper left verso in graphite by unknown hand: H2241; upper right verso in graphite by unknown hand: 255 B

Wikidata ID

Q64573113

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