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Mortimer Menpes

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Smithsonian

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Smithsonianhttps://www.si.edu/object/npg_NPG.80.178
Tier 1 · Institutional90%

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Mortimer Luddington Menpes was an Australian-born painter, author, printmaker and illustrator.

Source: Smithsonian Institution · Trust score: 90% · Updated 1mo ago

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Artworks (5)

Six Faces of Whistler

1902 · drypoint

Cleveland Museum of Art

Whistler no. 3

1902 · Etching and drypoint in black with plate tone on cream wove paper

Image/plate: 19 × 14.1 cm (7 1/2 × 5 9/16 in.); Sheet: 26.6 × 21.8 cm (10 1/2 × 8 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Whistler no. 2

1902 · Drypoint in black with plate tone on cream laid paper

Image/plate: 18.4 × 13.7 cm (7 1/4 × 5 7/16 in.); Sheet: 27.6 × 23.8 cm (10 7/8 × 9 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Portrait of Whistler with the White Lock

1875 · drypoint

Cleveland Museum of Art

James MacNeill Whistler

drypoint

Cleveland Museum of Art

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5 published of 5 catalogued · 5 with image

Cleveland Museum of Art
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Art Institute Chicago
2 published2 img

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Six Faces of Whistler
1902 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Portrait of Whistler with the White Lock
1875 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
James MacNeill Whistler
— · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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