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James McNeill Whistler

The Dyer

1879–80
Etching and drypoint, printed in brown ink on fine ivory laid paper; eighth state of nine (Glasgow)
30 × 23.2 cm (11.8 × 9.1 in)

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In the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · as of July 2026

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