The Boy (Charlie Hanson) | ||
Number: | 145 | |
Date: | 1875/1876 | |
Medium: | drypoint | |
Size: | 226 x 150 mm | |
Signed: | butterfly at left (2-final) | |
Inscribed: | no | |
Set/Publication: | no | |
No. of States: | 8 | |
Known impressions: | 12 | |
Catalogues: | K.135; M.133; W.109 | |
Impressions taken from this plate (12) |
The Boy (Charlie Hanson) dates from either 1875 or 1876.
It is dated from the technique and from the age of the sitter, Charles James Whistler Hanson (1870-1935), who appears to be about five or six years old. The butterfly signature is consistent with this date.
Portraits of this period include Sketches of Heads 138,
The Silk Dress 151,
Girl Standing 152,
Girl Lying Down 128,
Agnes 146,
The Piano 144,
Irving as Philip of Spain, No. 1 158,
Whistler with the White Lock 162, and
Maud, Standing 169.