James McNeill Whistler

Etcher Percy Thomas British
After James McNeill Whistler American
Sitter James McNeill Whistler American

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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.

James McNeill Whistler, Percy Thomas (British, London 1846–1922 London), Etching; proof

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