Sir Garnet Wolseley / James McNeill Whistler

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Accession Number: 1954/1.365
Title: Sir Garnet Wolseley
Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Artist Nationality: American
Artist Life Dates: 1834-1903
Medium and Support: drypoint, printed in black ink with grey wash on laid paper
Object Creation Date: 1877
Credit Line: Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker
Inscription: Watermark: (crown flanked by lions)
Dimensions: 37.2 cm x 24.3 cm (14 5/8 in. x 9 9/16 in.)
Century: 19th century
Physical Description: A distinguished looking man sits in a bust-length, three-quarter view, his face turned to straight profile, facing to the left. He has a moustache and goatee and a high collared shirt.
Subject Matter: Viscount Garnet Joseph Wolseley (then Lord Wolseley) was a field marshal in the British army and had served in the Crimean War and the Indian Mutiny, as well as in Sudan, Burma, and China. He was among the distinguished celebrities and other guests to Whistler's American breakfasts (more like brunch).
Primary Keywords: males; profile views
Secondary Keywords: image form; figures; objects we use; people and occupations; views; views by vantage point or orientation; visual works; visual works by form
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Collection: University of Michigan Museum of Art
Image Size: 831 x 1413
File Size: 116 KB
Record: 1954/1.365
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1954-sl-1.365/1954_1.365.jpg

In public portfolios: Ink and realisms (392); Ink and realisms in the Americas and Europe (69)

Manifest: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/i/image/api/manifest/musart:1954-SL-1.365:1954_1.365.JPG

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Full citation: "Sir Garnet Wolseley; James McNeill Whistler." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1954-sl-1.365/1954_1.365.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 23, 2024.