The Butcher's Dog / James McNeill Whistler
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.464
- Title
- The Butcher's Dog
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler
- Artist Nationality
- American
- Artist Life Dates
- 1834-1903
- Medium and Support
- transfer lithograph on wove paper
- Object Creation Date
- 1896
- 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 stone, u.r., on awning: Butterfly monogram Signed, in pencil, l.l.: Butterfly monogram Blind stamp: Spanish Royal Arms (not in Lugt) Watermark: (partial)
- Dimensions
- 31.4 cm x 21.6 cm (12 3/8 in. x 8 1/2 in.)
- Century
- 19th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Primary Object Type
- transfer lithograph
- Physical Description
- A partial view of a butcher's shop is seen frontally from across the road. To the left is an arched doorway within a pedimented entryway; a woman holding a baby stands silhouetted against the doorway while a little girl sits on the stoop. To the right is an arched shopfront that comprises both the doorway and the window in which hangs two large cuts of meat. The window of the shop is partially screened by an awning the extends before the facade of the building. A dog is seen sitting in front of the shop window.
- Subject Matter
- During the 1880s Whistler focused on depicting shop fronts in Chelsea and elsewhere in London; this view of a shop on Cleveland Street (as identified by Thomas Way) is a continuation of this interest.
- Primary Keywords
- dogs
- doorways
- doorways and doorway components
- food
- meat
- standing
- streets
- window
- windows
- Secondary Keywords
- animals
- animals and creatures
- architectural elements
- architecture
- buildings and the land
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- descriptors
- figures
- mammals
- materials
- materials by function
- open spaces
- open spaces and site elements
- open spaces by function
- openings (architectural elements)
- openings and opening components
- openings by form
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- physical activities
- physical activities by general context
- roads
- roads by form
- the natural world
- transportation spaces
- windows and window components
- Rights
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 965 x 1413
- File Size
- 111 KB
- Record
- 1954/1.464
- Link to this Item
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"The Butcher's Dog; James McNeill Whistler." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1954-sl-1.464/1954_1.464.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 23, 2024.
