The music-room

Whistler, James McNeill, 1834-1903 · [1859]

In a wide room, about a round table on which stands a lighted lamp, three people are seated: At the right a lady holding a book near her eyes; at the left, a gentleman stretched out in an armchair, with a newspaper in his hands; at the back, a gentleman reading a book, which rests on the table. The plate is unsigned. The gentleman in the armchair is Francis Seymour Haden, surgeon and etcher -- now Sir Seymour Haden; the lady is his wife; the gentleman beyond the table is Mr. Traer, Haden's assistant.