Fleur de Lys Passage / James McNeill Whistler
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.396
- Title
- Fleur de Lys Passage
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler
- Artist Nationality
- American
- Artist Life Dates
- 1834-1903
- Medium and Support
- etching, printed in dark brown ink on laid paper, trimmed to platemark
- Object Creation Date
- 1887
- Credit Line
- Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker
- Inscription
- On the plate, u.l.: Butterfly monogram Signed, in pencil, on tab, l.l.: Butterfly monogram and imp. Collection (no mark): C.W. Dowdeswell; H.S. Theobald Watermark (partial): (elaborate--PRO PATRIA etc.?)
- Dimensions
- 18.2 cm x 8.1 cm (7 3/16 in. x 3 3/16 in.)
- Century
- 19th century
- Physical Description
- Figrues stand or sit in a narrow passgeway that leads back in space to a dark entrance, beyond which a brightly lit arched entry is visible. The flanking buildings that form the passageway are not described; the focus is on the scattering of figures and the entryway in the distance.
- Subject Matter
- Whistler executed a series of views in London that portrayed Houndstitch and other less affluent areas in the working part of London.
- Secondary Keywords
- architecture
- buildings and the land
- open spaces
- open spaces and site elements
- open spaces by function
- roads
- roads by form
- streets
- streets by form
- transportation spaces
- Rights
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- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 575 x 1391
- File Size
- 64 KB
- Record
- 1954/1.396
- Link to this Item
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"Fleur de Lys Passage; James McNeill Whistler." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1954-sl-1.396/1954_1.396.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 19, 2024.