Whistler's "Portrait of Himself"
Medium
Roulette, aquatint and etching; seventh state of seven
Dimensions
plate: 12 15/16 x 8 13/16 in. (32.8 x 22.4 cm) sheet: 17 1/16 x 12 3/8 in. (43.4 x 31.4 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
Accession Number
17.3.635
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...