Smith's Yard / James McNeill Whistler
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1930.27
- Title
- Smith's Yard
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler
- Artist Life Dates
- 1834-1903
- Medium and Support
- transfer lithograph on wove paper
- Object Creation Date
- 1895
- Credit Line
- Museum Purchase
- Inscription
- Signed on the stone, u.r.: Butterfly Chopmark, l.r. [published in The Studio--their stamp?]
- Dimensions
- 29.9 cm (11 3/4 in.)
- Century
- 19th century
- Physical Description
- Two horses, seen from behind, stand in front of a shed-like structure. On the threshold and partly shadowed to the left stand two figures, a man in an apron and an youth holding a bucket upside down. On the right, closer to the viewer is a whetstone; on the far left of the composition is a rain barrel.
- Subject Matter
- Whistler executed a number of works at the blacksmith operated by the Govier family in Lime Regis. These are portraits and portrayals of the family at work in the smithy.
- Thomas Way printed 3000 impressions of "The Smith's Yard" that were issued in "The Studio" 47, no. 10 (Feb. 15, 1897) and in "The International Studio" 1, no. 1 (March 1897); UMMA's impression has The Studio's blindstamp at the bottom.
- Secondary Keywords
- animals
- architecture
- buildings
- buildings and the land
- mammals
- open spaces
- open spaces and site elements
- open spaces by location or context
- people and occupations
- the natural world
- Rights
- If you are interested in using an image for a publication, please visit https://umma.umich.edu/about/services/request-image/ for more information and to fill out the online Image Rights and Reproductions Request Form.
Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Record
- 1930.27
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1930.27/1
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"Smith's Yard; James McNeill Whistler." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1930.27/1. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 19, 2024.