The Music Room / James McNeill Whistler
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.334
- Title
- The Music Room
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler
- Artist Nationality
- American
- Artist Life Dates
- 1834-1903
- Medium and Support
- etching and drypoint, printed in black ink on wove paper
- Object Creation Date
- 1858
- Credit Line
- Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker
- Inscription
- Watermark: J.F.
- Dimensions
- 19.8 cm x 27.5 cm (7 13/16 in. x 10 13/16 in.)
- Century
- 19th century
- Physical Description
- Three figures, two men and a woman, are seen seated around a round table with a lamp; all are engaged in reading in the pool of light provided by the lamp. The rest of the interior is fairly dark, particularly in the portion of the room behind the lamp. The man at the back of the table is shown roughly face-on; the man to the left is leaning back with his legs stretched out in front of him; the woman is closest to the viewer, shown in profile, holding her book fairly closer to her face.
- Subject Matter
- As a young man, Whistler spent time living with the family of his half-sister, Deborah. Her husband, Francis Seymour Haden, was a physician and amateur printmaker and print collector; it was from Haden that Whistler learned the finer points of the etching technique--both from studying Haden's personal collections as well as from etching alongside his brother-in-law. Haden is seen to the left; at the back of the table was Haden's medical partner (and Whistler's own physician and friend), James Reeves Traer.
- Secondary Keywords
- allegory and literature
- figures
- genres
- objects
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- physical activities
- physical activities by general context
- Rights
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 2928 x 1992
- File Size
- 782 KB
- Record
- 1954/1.334
- Link to this Item
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"The Music Room; James McNeill Whistler." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1954-sl-1.334/1954_1.334.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024.
