Self-Portrait

c. 1878

Dating: Approximate
Held at: National Gallery of Art
Medium: oil on canvas
Dimensions: overall: 56.52 × 33.66 cm (22 1/4 × 13 1/4 in.) framed: 69.85 × 60.96 × 5.08 cm (27 1/2 × 24 × 2 in.)
Collection no.: 2016.22.17
Attribution: By the artist

About this artwork

Self-Portrait — Walter Shirlaw. c. 1878.

Medium: oil on canvas.

Dimensions (museum labels retained): overall: 56.52 × 33.66 cm (22 1/4 × 13 1/4 in.) framed: 69.85 × 60.96 × 5.08 cm (27 1/2 × 24 × 2 in.).

Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 2016.22.17. Corcoran Collection (Gift of Miss Florence Heywood, 1968).

Museum holding does not establish current display.

Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.

Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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