The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of September 13, 2026

A vertically oriented drypoint print in black ink depicts James MacNeill Whistler, a man with a light skin tone. His head, crowned with dense dark curls, tilts toward our right. Rendered with fine cross-hatching and loose, sketchy lines, he wears a high-collared coat. A thick mustache spans his lip, and a circular monocle covers his right eye. Deep, overlapping shadows define his neck. A signature marks the lower right corner.

James MacNeill Whistler

Date unknown

Mortimer Menpes

(British, 1860–1938)
England, 19th-20th century
drypoint
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph King 1924.74
Location: Not on view
  • Etchings and Lithographs by Whistler: Gifts and Loans of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph King. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 17-April 2, 1923).
  • {{cite web|title=James MacNeill Whistler|url=false|author=Mortimer Menpes|year=null|access-date=13 September 2026|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1924.74