A tall, thin, pale-skinned young man stands in a dimly lit room, nearly filling the height of this portrait painting. He faces us with his body turned slightly to our left, and he wears a charcoal-gray suit and black shoes. A black bow tie and silver-gray shirt collar are visible above his buttoned jacket, and he holds what might be a riding crop in his elegant, long fingers. His short hair, moustache, eyebrows, and eyes are all chestnut brown. His hair is swept off his forehead and cut around the ears. Thick eyebrows frame his large eyes, and a handlebar moustache curves over full,…
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George W. Vanderbilt

James McNeill Whistler (American, 1834 - 1903)

1897/1903

Medium
oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 208.6 x 91.1 cm (82 1/8 x 35 7/8 in.) ; framed: 229.2 x 113 x 7 cm (90 1/4 x 44 1/2 x 2 3/4 in.)
Culture
American
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CAB
Credit line
Gift of Edith Stuyvesant Gerry
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

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