Clothes-Exchange, Houndsditch, No. l / James McNeill Whistler
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- Accession Number
- 1985/2.119
- Title
- Clothes-Exchange, Houndsditch, No. l
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler
- Artist Nationality
- American
- Artist Life Dates
- 1834-1903
- Medium and Support
- etching and drypoint, printed in dark brown ink on laid paper, trimmed to platemark
- Object Creation Date
- 1887
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mr. Gilbert M. Frimet
- Inscription
- Signed, on plate, l.c.: Butterfly Signed on tab: Butterfly monogram and imp.
- Dimensions
- 16 cm x 24 cm (6 5/16 in. x 9 7/16 in.)
- Century
- 19th century
- Physical Description
- The work shows a view down a partly drawn street to a building at the end. The ground floor of the building is open to the street, creating a dark space behind the entrance. Figures are arranged down the street and at the threshold of the building at the end of the street.
- Subject Matter
- Whistler, following some of his early interests, was attracted to working parts of London. The Clothes Exchange was in Houndsditch in the East End. According to the Glasgow etching website, this area was also the Jewish quarter in London and "it may have had associations for Whistler with the Jewish characters drawn and etched by Rembrandt Harmens van Rijn."
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- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 1157 x 803
- File Size
- 86 KB
- Record
- 1985/2.119
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"Clothes-Exchange, Houndsditch, No. l; James McNeill Whistler." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1985-sl-2.119/1985_2.119.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 11, 2024.