Longshoremen / James McNeill Whistler

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Accession Number
1954/1.338
Title
Longshoremen
Artist Nationality
American
Artist Life Dates
1834-1903
Object Creation Date
1859
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.
Primary Keywords
cups
interiors
seated
table
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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.
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