Whistler with the White Lock

James McNeill Whistler|Thomas Robert Way|James McNeill Whistler

1890–1900 (?) · Lithograph · Drawings and Prints

Way worked with Whistler as a lithographic printer (and also published an important catalogue raisonné of Whistler's lithographs). This print resembles several of Whistler's self-portraits but, unlike those works,emphasizes a distinctive white lock of hair. This puzzled contemporaries who compared it to a feather resting atop the artist's head. It now seems likely that the feature was caused by Waardenburg Syndrome.

Artist

James McNeill Whistler|Thomas Robert Way|James McNeill Whistler

Date

1890–1900 (?)

Medium

Lithograph

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917