Longshoremen / James McNeill Whistler
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.338
- Title
- Longshoremen
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler
- Artist Nationality
- American
- Artist Life Dates
- 1834-1903
- Medium and Support
- etching, printed in black ink on laid Japan paper
- Object Creation Date
- 1859
- Credit Line
- Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker
- Inscription
- Signed and dated on the plate, l.r.: Whistler. / 1859.
- Dimensions
- 19.6 cm x 26.9 cm (7 11/16 in. x 10 9/16 in.)
- Century
- 19th century
- Physical Description
- Groups of figures, mostly men, are seated in an interior gathered around tables. In most cases they lean against the tables, principally the table at the back of the room that is parallel to the picture plane, looking away from the viewer. The exception is the man at the center of the composition who is leaning on the table wearing a cap and coat who looks at the viewer as he raises his right hand towards his face. At the right are seated a woman and baby,
- Subject Matter
- In keeping with Whistler's interests in the docks and establishments along the Thames in London, this scene of men and the woman and child at the right gave the artist the opportunity to explore working class labor in London, recalling some of the character studies the Rembrandt executed in the neighborhoods of Amsterdam.
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- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 1232 x 896
- File Size
- 108 KB
- Record
- 1954/1.338
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"Longshoremen; James McNeill Whistler." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1954-sl-1.338/1954_1.338.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 29, 2024.