The Cock and the Pump / James McNeill Whistler
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.398
- Title
- The Cock and the Pump
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler
- Artist Nationality
- American
- Artist Life Dates
- 1834-1903
- Medium and Support
- etching, printed in warm black ink on laid paper, trimmed to platemark
- Object Creation Date
- 1887
- Credit Line
- Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker
- Inscription
- On the plate, l.r.: Butterfly monogram Signed in pencil on tab: Butterfly monogram and imp. Watermark: elaborate--armored figure and a lion, plus partial letters (PRO PATRIA?)
- Dimensions
- 21.9 cm x 14 cm (8 5/8 in. x 5 1/2 in.)
- Century
- 19th century
- Physical Description
- An open public space dominates the foreground of the image. In that space are several groups of children, particularly at the lower left of the image, a rooster at the lower right, and a water pump at the far side of the square just before the fence. Beyond is a street that receeds into the distance; on either side of the street are picturesque older buildings that face onto the square with banks of windows, overhangs, and steeply pitched rooflines.
- Subject Matter
- This scene of a village square is of the Cattle Market in Sandwich, Kent. His interest in shopfronts and figures in urban settings is here converted to a village setting with deep perspectival recession, the group of girls at the lower left completing the diagonal angle of the street and bringing that diagonal to the front of the composition.
- Secondary Keywords
- animals
- architecture
- birds
- chickens
- figures
- people and occupations
- roads
- the natural world
- Rights
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 825 x 1347
- File Size
- 116 KB
- Record
- 1954/1.398
- Link to this Item
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"The Cock and the Pump; James McNeill Whistler." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1954-sl-1.398/1954_1.398.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 24, 2024.
