Whistler no. 2 Artist: Mortimer Menpes (British, 1855–1938)

1902–3

Prints and Drawings

By appointment, Duffy Study Room

This is one in a series of portraits of Whistler that Mortimer Menpes did during his time in Whistler’s studio and after the master’s death in 1903. This image was included in Menpes’s book, Whistler as I Knew Him, published in 1904.

Medium

Etching and drypoint

Dimensions

platemark: 7 3/16 × 5 5/16 in. (18.3 × 13.5 cm)
sheet: 13 3/4 × 6 1/4 in. (34.9 × 15.9 cm)

Credit Line

The Arthur Ross Collection

Accession Number

2012.159.94

Geography

Made in United Kingdom

Culture

British

Period

19th century

Classification

Prints

Disclaimer

Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of records is ongoing.

Provenance
William H. Schab Gallery, New York; Arthur Ross Foundation, New York, to 2012; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

drypoints, etchings

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