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James McNeill Whistler — Lord Wolseley

James McNeill Whistler

Lord Wolseley

1877

Rather than depicting the famous military leader in formal regalia, the intimate drypoint portrait reveals Whistler's preference for capturing personality over official status.

Medium
drypoint

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James McNeill Whistler, Lord Wolseley, 1877

Rather than depicting the famous military leader in formal regalia, the intimate drypoint portrait reveals Whistler's preference for capturing personality over official status.

Medium
drypoint
Year
1877
Seen at
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Related themes

Nineteenth Century, Monochrome, American, Etching, Portrait, Elegant, Male, Figurative, Drypoint, Formal

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Art Institute of Chicago, Cleveland Museum of Art