THE DOCTOR – PORTRAIT OF MY BROTHER

BY JAMES M’NEIL WHISTLER

The unframed image, which features a man sitting on a chair and looking forward, has no background detail. The man is positioned off centre, with his back on the right side of the image and his feet pointing to the left. The man is wearing a suit, but the details are intentionally vague, sketched roughly by the artist. His right hand is visible on his lap, but the fingers on his left hand are not drawn, and his legs are likewise left unfinished, without feet. The man has a mustache, thick hair on the sides of his head and thinning hair on the crown. No setting is provided. The title indicates that the portrait is of the artist’s brother, Dr. William McNeil Whistler (1836-1900).

MLA citation:

Whistler, James M’Neil. “The Doctor — Portrait of my Brother.” The Pageant, vol. 1, 1896, p. 29. Pageant Digital Edition, edited by Frederick King and Lorraine Janzen Kooistra, 2019-2021. Yellow Nineties 2.0, Ryerson University Centre for Digital Humanities, 2021, https://1890s.ca/pag1-whistler-doctor/

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