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Portrait study of a man: PD.29-1970

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Portrait study of a man

Maker(s)

Painter: Whistler, James Abbott McNeill

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Notes

History note: With the Redfern Gallery, London; bt. from them by Clifford Hall, 1940 or 1941; anon. sale (=Clifford Hall), Sotheby's. 22 June 1955 (139), bt. in; bt. from him by Roland, Browse & Delbanco, London, who sold it to E. Milner-White 1956

Legal notes

Beqeathed 1963.

Measurements and weight

Height: 16.8 cm
Width: 10.2 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1970) by Milner-White, Eric

Dating

Production date: circa AD 1890

School or Style

American

People, subjects and objects depicted

Materials used in production

Oil paint

Components of the work

Support composed of panel (wood)

Techniques used in production

Painting (image-making) : Oil on panel

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: Roland, Browse & Delbanco
  • Location: Verso, panel
  • Type: Label
  • Text: no. 139, "Portrait study of a man", as exh. Exhibition of Whistleriana, 96 Cheyne Walk, 1948, no. 63
  • Location: Verso, frame
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Supporting information

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Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.29-1970
Primary reference Number: 4023
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 3 August 2020 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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