James McNeill Whistler

Percy Thomas|James McNeill Whistler|James McNeill Whistler

1874 · Etching; proof · Drawings and Prints

Percy Thomas's print is based on a Whistler self-portrait, "Arrangement in Grey: Portrait of the Painter," ca. 1872 (Detroit Institute of Arts). The print was created as a frontispiece for the first catalogue of Whister's etchings, published in London in 1874 by the etcher's brother, Ralph Thomas. Wearing a smock and wide brimmed hat, the subject holds two brushes and is identified by his butterfly mark perched on the edge of the dado behind his shoulder.

Artist

Percy Thomas|James McNeill Whistler|James McNeill Whistler

Date

1874

Medium

Etching; proof

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917