Sunday, Lyme Regis / James McNeill Whistler
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.452
- Title
- Sunday, Lyme Regis
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler
- Artist Nationality
- American
- Artist Life Dates
- 1834-1903
- Medium and Support
- transfer lithograph on laid paper
- Object Creation Date
- 1895
- Object Creation Place
- North and Central America (continent)
- United States (nation)
- Creation Place 1
- North and Central America (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- United States (nation)
- Credit Line
- Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker
- Inscription
- On the stone, u.r., above doorway: Butterfly monogram Signed, in pencil, l.l. of image: Butterfly monogram Collector's mark: Rosalind Birnie Philip. Lugt 406 Watermark: (partial--letters?) Notation, in pen, verso: 54.
- Dimensions
- 25 cm x 18.3 cm (9 13/16 in. x 7 3/16 in.)
- Century
- 19th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Primary Object Type
- transfer lithograph
- Physical Description
- A curving country town street lies before the viewer. On either side of the street are row houses and other buildings; along the right side of the composition is a darkened doorway and steps facing the viewer. Along the street are numerous figures strolling. At the bottom of the image at the right is a dog, facing up the street and away from the viewer.
- Subject Matter
- Whistler spent time in Lime Regis during the fall of 1895. This image looks up Broad Street. It was drawn on a transfer paper that was new to Whistler that the Ways had sent him in Lime Regis. He decided he did not much like the effects of this paper.
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 941 x 1285
- File Size
- 96 KB
- Record
- 1954/1.452
- Link to this Item
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"Sunday, Lyme Regis; James McNeill Whistler." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1954-sl-1.452/1954_1.452.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 18, 2024.
