Whistler's "Portrait of Himself"
Medium
Roulette, aquatint and etching printed in brown ink; seventh state of seven
Dimensions
plate: 12 7/8 x 8 7/8 in. (32.7 x 22.6 cm) sheet: 17 1/2 x 14 5/8 in. (44.4 x 37.1 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Amy and Emma Welcher and Alice Welcher Erickson, 1967
Accession Number
67.844.14
Tags
About the Artist
Henri-Charles Guérard|James McNeill Whistler · 1846–1897
Henri-Charles Guérard (1846–1897) was a French printmaker and painter who became one of the leading figures of the etching revival that swept through France and Britain in the second half of the nineteenth century. Born in Paris, he trained in the city's vibrant artistic milieu and developed close friendships with the Impressionist circle, most notably Édouard Manet and Eva Gonzalès, whom he marri...