The Tyresmith / James McNeill Whistler
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.427
- Title
- The Tyresmith
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler
- Artist Nationality
- American
- Artist Life Dates
- 1834-1903
- Medium and Support
- transfer lithograph on heavy wove paper
- Object Creation Date
- 1890
- Credit Line
- Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker
- Inscription
- On the stone, left center: Butterfly monogram Letterpress in the margin, u.r.: Presented with THE WHIRLWIND, Nov. 15, l890.
- Dimensions
- 28.6 cm x 22.3 cm (11 1/4 in. x 8 3/4 in.)
- Century
- 19th century
- Physical Description
- A group of men are shown in an interior with beams under the eaves. To the right are two men working on a circular frame; at the left are a youth and a child standing to the left of a doorway which, at the center, receeds back through space to figures in the distance, including a woman to the left of the far portal. At the left, hanging on the wall are a number of horseshoes.
- Subject Matter
- Forges, smiths and other images of workmen shaping metal at a furnace was a recurring theme of Whistler's. This image depicts a wheelwright's shop in Chelsea.
- "The Tyresmith" was published in "The Whirlwind" in the issue of November 15, 1890.
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- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 851 x 783
- File Size
- 87 KB
- Record
- 1954/1.427
- Link to this Item
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"The Tyresmith; James McNeill Whistler." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1954-sl-1.427/1954_1.427.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 25, 2024.
