James Abbott McNeill Whistler
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James Abbott McNeill Whistler
by Sir Leslie Ward
Watercolour and chalk with touches of pen and ink on millboard, 1877-1879
14 5/8 in. x 9 1/4 in. (372 mm x 235 mm)
NPG 1700a
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NPG 1700a is a whole-length watercolour sketch of Whistler related to the three-quarter-length on the other side of the millboard support, for which see NPG 1700 (with details of acquisition).
Carol Blackett-Ord
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Whole-length slightly to right, head three-quarters to left, monocle in right eye, white lock and hat, right hand on hip, left hand resting on cane.
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Purchased by the Gallery from Ernest Brown and Phillips, April 1913 (verso of NPG 1700).
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