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Description: | Unframed s. in plate; b.l. "Whistler. / 1860." CRE WHISTLER, James McNeill; (American; 1834-1903) This is an etching plate. Though this portrait is more often referred to as "Mr Mann" or "Portrait of a Man", the sitter is actually Mr Henry Newnham Davis of Silchester House, Hampshire, who was a good friend of Whistler's. This drypoint was published by the Fine Art Society in 1879. The etching plate for this work is also in the Hunterian collection. (See also GLAHA 46750/49982/50321).
Birnie Philip Gift, 1935, not lendable. | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | PORTRAIT : HAT : INVERNESS CAPE : CANCELLED PLATE : BUTTERFLY : HENRY NEWNHAM DAVIS : WHISTLER CENTENARY : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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