Portrait Sketch of Thomas Carlyle

Loose brown ink sketch of a bearded older man seated in profile facing right, one hand raised near his chin, in a dark armchair before a pale wall with framed pictures. Hatched and washed strokes build shadow across the figure and chair, leaving the paper bare around the edges.

Artist

James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

Date

1872

Medium

Pen and ink on white paper

Source

Smithsonian (National Museum of Asian Art)

Size

2428 × 3116 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Asian Art