Drypoint print of a boy in a dark jacket seated on a stool, one leg crossed, before a sketched curtain, with a hat on the floor.

Arthur Haden, drypoint portrait of a seated boy

A drypoint portrait of a young boy seated on a low wooden stool, one leg crossed over the other, his hand raised near his face. A dark jacket contrasts with loose, sketchy lines of the curtain behind him, and a hat lies on the floor at right.

Artist: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)
Date: 1859
Medium: Drypoint; ink on paper
Source: Smithsonian (National Museum of Asian Art)
Size: 1908 × 2762 px

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Public domain · Smithsonian (National Museum of Asian Art) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1859).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)

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

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