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[James Abbott McNeill Whistler, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left] / Thos. R. Way. – Historic Photo Reproduction

[James Abbott McNeill Whistler, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left] / Thos. R. Way., [between 1903 and 1926] — historic photograph
[James Abbott McNeill Whistler, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left] / Thos. R. Way., [between 1903 and 1926]. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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This historic photograph of [James Abbott McNeill Whistler, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left] / Thos. R. Way. brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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[James Abbott McNeill Whistler, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left] / Thos. R. Way.

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The subject is James McNeill Whistler, shown in a head-and-shoulders view turned to the left, but this print is a photographic reproduction of a pencil drawing by Thomas R. Way, not a photograph of the artist himself. Way was a London lithographer who worked closely with Whistler on his prints, so the drawing reflects a working relationship rather than a formal studio sitting. The reproduction was made sometime between 1903, the year Whistler died, and 1926. It comes from the Joseph and Elizabeth Robins Pennell Collection of Whistleriana, the material the Pennells gathered while writing their biographies of the painter. Their collection is a useful record of how Whistler was remembered in the years after his death.

Created / published[between 1903 and 1926]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePencil works Reproductions 1900-1930.Photographic prints 1900-1930.
NotesJoseph and Elizabeth Robins Pennell Collection of Whistleriana. Reproduction of a pencil drawing by Thomas R. Way.
SubjectsWhistler, James McNeill,--1834-1903.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,241 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-184125

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