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Description: | Unframed s. in plate; b.r. "Whistler.1860." CRE WHISTLER, James McNeill; (American; 1834-1903) This is an etching plate. Little is known about the sitter for this portrait other than the fact that he was a writer and close friend of Whistler?s. The artist himself was particularly pleased with the finished etching and it is often considered to be one of Whistler?s most powerful etched images. (See also GLAHA 49983/50319).
Birnie Philip Gift, not lendable, 1935. | 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 : CANCELLED PLATE : WRITER : 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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