Smith's Yard / James McNeill Whistler

About this Item

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.

Primary Keywords

farm

figures

horses

stable

standing

yards

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

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Technical Details

Collection

University of Michigan Museum of Art

Record

1930.27

Link to this Item

https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1930.27/1 content_copy