Sketching, No. 1; an illustration for 'Passages from Modern English Poets' / James McNeill Whistler
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- Accession Number
- 1938.11
- Title
- Sketching, No. 1; an illustration for 'Passages from Modern English Poets'
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler
- Artist Nationality
- American
- Artist Life Dates
- 1834-1903
- Medium and Support
- etching, printed in black ink on wove paper
- Object Creation Date
- 1861
- Credit Line
- Museum purchase
- Inscription
- Signed on plate, l.r.: Whistler
- Signed on the plate, l.r.: J. Whistler
- Inscribed on the plate: London Published Decembe[r] 1st. 1861 by Day & Son, Lith. to the Queen
- Printed on the plate, l.r.: J. Whistler
- Printed on the plate, u.r.: Pl. 45
- Dimensions
- 16.7 cm x 23.5 cm (6 9/16 in. x 9 1/4 in.)
- Century
- 19th century
- Physical Description
- A rural countryside with a river flowing into the distance at the right dominates the scene. Two figures in a rowboat are at the center of the image and at the lower right corner, an artist, seated on a camp stool and facing away from the viewer, sketches the rowers.
- Subject Matter
- This scene in rural England was one of two images that Whistler contributed to the volume "Passages from Modern English Poets," published in 1862. The other work by Whistler among the 47 etchings in the book was "The Punt".
- Secondary Keywords
- figures
- objects we use
- people and occupations
- the natural world
- transportation vehicles
- vehicles
- watercraft
- watercraft by general type
- waterscapes
- Rights
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- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 1151 x 811
- File Size
- 98 KB
- Record
- 1938.11
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"Sketching, No. 1; an illustration for 'Passages from Modern English Poets'; James McNeill Whistler." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1938.11/1938.11.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 29, 2024.