Self-Portrait by Walter Shirlaw — Walter Shirlaw. Self-Portrait, 1878. The Art Institute of Chicago. Public domain (CC0).

AT-00000131

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Self-Portrait

by Walter Shirlaw

Provenance

The Art Institute of Chicago’s open-access data does not include an ownership history for this work. See the museum’s page for this work.

Inscriptions

Signed l.r.: "W. Shirlaw, 1878"

Exhibition history

Chicago, Illinois, South Park Commissioner Exhibition, Feb. 1909. Champaign, University of Illinois, Architecture Building Gallery, American Paintings from the Permanent Collection of the Art Institute of Chicago, Dec. 3–29, 1939, no cat. Cincinnati Art Museum, Munich & American Realism in the 19th Century, Apr. 20–May 28, 1978; Milwaukee Art Center, July 13–Aug. 27, 1978; Sacramento, E.B. Crocker Art Gallery, Oct. 28–Dec. 10, 1978.

Quick Overview

Artist: Walter Shirlaw (American, 1838–1909)
Date: 1878
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 70.2 × 53.4 cm (27 5/8 × 21 in.)
Type: Painting
Classification: painting
Place: United States
Department: Arts of the Americas
Credit line: Gift of Joseph M. Rogers
Accession no.: 1887.234

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Data retrieved from the Art Institute of Chicago on October 7, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.

Open-access museum record · AT-00000131

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