Art, literature & history
The Boy (Charlie Hanson)
1875/1876
- Dating
- Date range
- Held at
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Medium
- Drypoint in black ink on ivory laid paper
- Dimensions
- Plate: 22.2 × 14.8 cm (8 3/4 × 5 7/8 in.); Sheet: 32.4 × 19.9 cm (12 13/16 × 7 7/8 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1927.5949
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
James Abbott McNeill Whistler. The Boy (Charlie Hanson). Art Institute of Chicago. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
About this artwork
The Boy (Charlie Hanson) — James Abbott McNeill Whistler. 1875/1876.
Medium: Drypoint in black ink on ivory laid paper. Dimensions: Plate: 22.2 × 14.8 cm (8 3/4 × 5 7/8 in.); Sheet: 32.4 × 19.9 cm (12 13/16 × 7 7/8 in.).
Collection record: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
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.