An Artist Sketching
Classification
Drawing
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Accession Number
F1898.207
Tags
American ArtCharles Lang Freer collectionUnited Statesartist
About this artwork
The figure in the drawing wears Whistler's distinctive broad-brimmed hat, but Whistler might have used Delannoy as a model. After his return to Paris, Whistler completed an etched title page for the "French Set" based on this drawing, in which the artist figure is labeled "James Whistler." But Whistler was dissatisfied with the etching and destroyed the plate. The only known impression of the discarded title page is in the British Museum.