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James MacNeill Whistler

Mortimer Menpes

Cleveland Museum of Art

Black and white sketch of multiple portraits of a man. The man has curly hair and a mustache. The portraits are drawn in various styles and sizes, with some being more detailed than others. Some portraits show the man from the chest up, while others show only his head or face. The man is wearing a collared shirt in most portraits. The background of the image is a light gray color, with some darker shading around the edges. The overall effect is one of a collection of studies or sketches of the same person. The image is signed at the bottom.

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660 × 893 px
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