The Storm / James McNeill Whistler
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.351
- Title
- The Storm
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler
- Artist Nationality
- American
- Artist Life Dates
- 1834-1903
- Medium and Support
- drypoint, printed in black ink on laid paper
- Object Creation Date
- 1861
- Credit Line
- Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker
- Inscription
- Signed and dated on the plate, l.r.: Whistler / 1861. Inscribed on verso, in pencil, l.l.: The Storm. W.77. "A scarce drypoint" Wedmore Inscribed in pencil on verso, l.r.: Rawlinson collection Collection (no mark): W.G. Rawlinson
- Dimensions
- 17.6 cm x 30.5 cm (6 15/16 in. x 12 in.)
- Century
- 19th century
- Physical Description
- A stormy and blustery landscape dominates the scene; at the lower left corner, a man with a moustache leans into the wind, clutching his coat in front of him with his right hand and holding his hat in place with his left hand. The landscape is flat and largely open; small groups of trees are visible in the distance and dark lines in the sky represent clouds and squall lines. In the center of the image are faint diagonal lines "cancelling" the plate.
- Subject Matter
- Whistler's friend and fellow artist, Mathew White Ridley, served as the model for the man in this image. The low horizon line and wide proportion of the plate suggest that Whistler had Rembrandt's landscape etchings in mind when he drew this plate.
- This image is quite rare: there are only four impressions taken from the plate prior to the cancellation lines and the richness of the drypoint in this impression indicates that it was also a very early impression.
- Secondary Keywords
- atmospheric effects
- events
- figures
- grasses
- natural events
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- plants
- the natural world
- Rights
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 1479 x 839
- File Size
- 129 KB
- Record
- 1954/1.351
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1954-sl-1.351/1954_1.351.jpg
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"The Storm; James McNeill Whistler." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1954-sl-1.351/1954_1.351.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 17, 2024.
