Hooded Male Head (from Sketches on the Coast Survey Plate)

1854–55

Dating: Date range
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Etching; proof impression of the only state (Glasgow 1); this is a fragment cut from the upper portion of "Sketches on the Coast Survey Plate" (Kennedy no. 1) by Whistler and mounted on a board with six other related fragments. Cited by Glasgow as the earliest known impression.
Dimensions: Sheet: 1 7/16 × 1 1/4 in. (3.6 × 3.1 cm) (fragment cut from the upper portion of "Sketches on the Coast Survey Plate")
Collection no.: 1970.121.23
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: CC0 1.0License details

James Abbott McNeill Whistler. Hooded Male Head (from Sketches on the Coast Survey Plate). The Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

Hooded Male Head (from Sketches on the Coast Survey Plate) — James Abbott McNeill Whistler. 1854–55.

Medium: Etching; proof impression of the only state (Glasgow 1); this is a fragment cut from the upper portion of "Sketches on the Coast Survey Plate" (Kennedy no. 1) by Whistler and mounted on a board with six other related fragments. Cited by Glasgow as the earliest known impression.. Dimensions: Sheet: 1 7/16 × 1 1/4 in. (3.6 × 3.1 cm) (fragment cut from the upper portion of "Sketches on the Coast Survey Plate").

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: Gift of Margaret C. Buell, Helen L. King, and Sybil A. Walk, 1970.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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