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The image shows a person standing upright, facing slightly to the right. The person has indistinct facial features with a mustache and medium-length dark hair, wearing a dark overcoat and trousers with a white collar. The hands are clasped together in front. The background has a textured beige wall and dark floor, with a reddish-brown object partially visible on the right side.
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The image shows a person standing upright, facing slightly to the right. The person has indistinct facial features with a mustache and medium-length dark hair, wearing a dark overcoat and trousers with a white collar. The hands are clasped together in front. The background has a textured beige wall and dark floor, with a reddish-brown object partially visible on the right side.

National Gallery of Art · Painting

Alexander Arnold Hannay

James McNeill Whistler

Date
c. 1896
Medium
oil on wood
Dimensions
overall: 22.3 x 13.3 cm (8 3/4 x 5 1/4 in.) framed: 45.9 x 37.8 x 7 cm (18 1/16 x 14 7/8 x 2 3/4 in.)
Classification
Painting
Accession number
1943.11.7
Credit line
Rosenwald Collection
Time span
1876 to 1900
Department
CAB
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • painted surface
  • American
  • male
  • portrait
  • Realist
  • American Paintings of the Nineteenth Century, Part II [M-Z]
  • Hannay, Alexander Arnold
Provenance

The sitter, Alexander Arnold Hannay, London, until at least 1912. (Chester H. Johnson Gallery, Chicago); sold May 1929 to Lessing Julius Rosenwald, Jenkintown, Pennsylvania; gift 1943 to NGA.

Inscription

center left with the artist's butterfly mark

NGA object ID 30217. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.