Wych Street / James McNeill Whistler
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.363
- Title
- Wych Street
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler
- Artist Nationality
- American
- Artist Life Dates
- 1834-1903
- Medium and Support
- etching and drypoint, printed in black ink on laid paper
- Object Creation Date
- 1877
- Credit Line
- Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker
- Dimensions
- 32.9 cm x 21.5 cm (12 15/16 in. x 8 7/16 in.)
- Century
- 19th century
- Physical Description
- The upper two stories of buildings in a narrow city street are drawn, the ground floor left undescribed. The vantage point severly crops and foreshortens the buildings on the right side of the street but gives a fuller view of the gables and overhangs of the buildings on the left side of the street.
- Subject Matter
- Whistler's interest in depicting picturesque old buildings and the sharp recession provided by closely build houses goes back to "The Street at Saverne" from the French Set. These old structures were also captured by the photographers Alfred and John Bool (see 1991/1.114) and may possibly reflect Whistler's interest in recording, and possibly preserving, distinctive older architecture.
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 941 x 1387
- File Size
- 132 KB
- Record
- 1954/1.363
- Link to this Item
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"Wych Street; James McNeill Whistler." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1954-sl-1.363/1954_1.363.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024.
