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A Little Boy

Print
ca. 1858 (etched)
Artist/Maker
Whistler (artist)

‘A Little Boy’ or ‘Seymour, Seated’, etching by James Whistler, ca.1858. Portrait of Seymour Haden the younger. He is shown seated, facing left in profile, with thick wavy hair obscuring his gaze and wearing a skirt or kilt and plaid knee socks.


Object details

Category
Prints
Object type
Print
Titles
  • A Little Boy (generic title)
  • Portrait of Seymour Haden Junior (generic title)
  • Seymour Seated (A Little Boy) (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Etching on paper
Paper
Printing Ink
Etching (Printing Process)
Brief description
'A Little Boy' or 'Seymour, Seated', etching by James Whistler, ca.1858.
Physical description
‘A Little Boy’ or ‘Seymour, Seated’, etching by James Whistler, ca.1858. Portrait of Seymour Haden the younger. He is shown seated, facing left in profile, with thick wavy hair obscuring his gaze and wearing a skirt or kilt and plaid knee socks.
Dimensions
  • Height: 13.6cm
  • Width: 9.9cm
Style
Realism
Object history
W.22; K.29, 2nd state.
Historical context
Seymour Haden, the subject of this etching, was the son of Whistler's step-sister Deborah and her husband the English surgeon, etcher and collector Seymour Haden.
Subjects depicted
Childhood
Portrait
Boys
Bibliographic references
  • Wedmore, Frederick. Whistler's Etchings, A Study and a Catalogue. London: Colnaghi & Co, 1899. No. 22.
  • Kennedy, Edward G. The Etched Work of Whistler. San Francisco: Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1978. No.29, 2nd state.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.19-1905

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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