Seymour / James McNeill Whistler
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1988/2.22
- Title
- Seymour
- 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
- 1859
- Dimensions
- 21.5 cm x 14.1 cm (8 7/16 in. x 5 9/16 in.)
- Century
- 19th century
- Physical Description
- A young boy stands in profile, leaning against the trunk of a tree set in a woods with reflections in the foreground of a pond or small stream. The boy faces the light, casting deep shadows against the tree, and looks upwards.
- Subject Matter
- Whistler and his brother-in-law, Francis Seymour Haden sketched together in London, frequently in Greenwich Park. Despite the urban setting, this etching of Whistler's nepher, Seymour, conveys the sense of reverie in a country setting.
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- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 817 x 1237
- File Size
- 75 KB
- Record
- 1988/2.22
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"Seymour; James McNeill Whistler." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1988-sl-2.22/1988_2.22.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 03, 2024.