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Three figures, Freer Gallery of Art

It has been suggested that the figure at left was Ignace-Henri-Jean-Théodore Fantin-Latour (1836-1904) and that at right, James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903). 1 It is also possibleperhaps more likely that the latter was Ernest Delannoy (d. 1869/1872), a mutual friend, who had a certain resemblance to Whistler, which was emphasized by wearing similar clothes.