Agnes / James McNeill Whistler
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- Accession Number
- 1954/1.357
- Title
- Agnes
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler
- Artist Nationality
- American
- Artist Life Dates
- 1834-1903
- Medium and Support
- drypoint, printed in warm black ink on laid Japan tissue
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1873-1875
- Credit Line
- Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker
- Inscription
- Signed in pencil, l.r.: butterfly Inscribed in pencil, l.r.: Agnes Collections (no mark): Mortimer Mempes; H.S. Theobald
- Dimensions
- 27.5 cm x 19.9 cm (10 13/16 in. x 7 13/16 in.)
- Century
- 19th century
- Physical Description
- A woman sits facing the viewer, looking slightly to the right. Her hands are in her lap and she is holding a piece of fabric. The background is undescribed and her skirt is loosely drawn.
- Subject Matter
- Bridget Agnes Hiffernan was the sister of Joanna Hiffernan, Whistler's principal model during the 1860s; she later married Charles John Singleton.
- Secondary Keywords
- figures
- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- furniture
- furniture by form or function
- objects we use
- people and occupations
- seating furniture
- single seating furniture
- Rights
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 877 x 1187
- File Size
- 94 KB
- Record
- 1954/1.357
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1954-sl-1.357/1954_1.357.jpg
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"Agnes; James McNeill Whistler." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1954-sl-1.357/1954_1.357.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 14, 2024.