Early Morning / James McNeill Whistler
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.415
- Title
- Early Morning
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler
- Artist Nationality
- American
- Artist Life Dates
- 1834-1903
- Medium and Support
- lithotint with scraping on a prepared half-tint ground on wove paper
- Object Creation Date
- 1878
- Object Creation Place
- Europe
- British
- London
- Battersea and Chelsea
- Creation Place 1
- Europe
- Creation Place 2
- British
- Creation Place 3
- London
- Creation Place 4
- Battersea and Chelsea
- Credit Line
- Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker
- Inscription
- On the stone, l.l.: Butterfly monogram Signed in pencil, l.l.: Butterfly monogram Inscribed in pencil, verso, l.l.c: w23 (Nesta Spink believes that this impression was sold out of the exhibition at the Fine Art Society. In that exhibition "Early Morning" was cat. no. 23. Inscribed in pencil, recto, l.r. margin: c4803 Inscribed in pencil, recto, l.r.c.: 19
- Dimensions
- 25.5 cm x 36.4 cm (10 1/16 in. x 14 5/16 in.)
- Century
- 19th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Physical Description
- Two men sit on a bench at the lower right. Behind them is a large expanse of water; barges ply the water while smokestacks and buildings are visible on the opposite shore. The overall impression is one of foggy weather and features are generally indistinct.
- Subject Matter
- Whistler found that liminal times of day offered effects that he could translate into a particularly appealing visual poetry. Many of his works sited from the part of Chelsea where he lived looked across the Thames towards the industrial establishments of London; these unpromising views were transformed by his atmospheric and evocative portrayals.
- Secondary Keywords
- architecture
- associated concepts
- bodies of water and components of bodies of water
- buildings and the land
- earth sciences concepts
- landscapes (environments)
- natural landscapes
- objects
- objects we use
- people and culture
- physical sciences concepts
- scientific concepts
- settlements and landscapes
- the natural world
- transportation vehicles
- vehicles
- watercraft
- watercraft by general type
- waterscapes
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- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 2850 x 1966
- File Size
- 746 KB
- Record
- 1954/1.415
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"Early Morning; James McNeill Whistler." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1954-sl-1.415/1954_1.415.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024.