Ross Winans |  Freer Gallery of Art (1898.322) | |
| Number: | 72 | |
| Date: | 1860 | |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint | |
| Size: | 253 x 203 mm | |
| Signed: | 'Whistler.' at upper right (1-final); 'Whistler' in upper right corner (1); corner signature erased (2) | |
| Inscribed: | no | |
| Set/Publication: | no | |
| No. of States: | 2 | |
| Known impressions: | 8 | |
| Catalogues: | K.88; M.88; T.67; W.76 | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (8) | ||
KEYWORD
accordion, man seated, music, musician, portrait.
TITLE
The title has consistently been the sitter's name, with few variations, for example:
'Ross Winans' (1870s, Whistler). 1
'Ross Winans' (1874, Ralph Thomas, Jr (1840-1876)). 2
'Ross Winans playing the accordion' (1876, Sotheby's) 3
The title 'Ross Winans' was that used by Whistler and is generally accepted.
'Ross Winans' (1870s, Whistler). 1
'Ross Winans' (1874, Ralph Thomas, Jr (1840-1876)). 2
'Ross Winans playing the accordion' (1876, Sotheby's) 3
The title 'Ross Winans' was that used by Whistler and is generally accepted.
DESCRIPTION
A three-quarter length portrait of a young man with short curly hair and with a moustache, who sits facing three-quarters right, playing an accordion. On a table at the right are a violin and bow. He is lit from the left and casts a shadow on the wall behind, to right; there is shading around the lower part of the figure.
SITTER
Ross Revillon Winans (1850-1912). One impression was inscribed by Whistler 'Ross Winans' below the platemark and 'London' on the image (
). Whistler had done a vigorous, slightly caricatured study of Winans in America, Ross Winans playing the violin [m0194] (Metropolitan Museum of Art).
). Whistler had done a vigorous, slightly caricatured study of Winans in America, Ross Winans playing the violin [m0194] (Metropolitan Museum of Art).DISCUSSION