James McNeill Whistler

Bearded Man in Soldier's Cap (from Sketches on the Coast Survey Plate)

1854–55

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.

2.1 × 2.3 cm (0.8 × 0.9 in)