Seymour / James McNeill Whistler

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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
Credit Line: Museum purchase made possible by the Jean Paul Slusser Memorial Fund
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.
Primary Keywords: boy; figures; st. jerome; st. joseph; standing
Secondary Keywords: child; people and occupations; religious figures; saint
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Collection: University of Michigan Museum of Art
Image Size: 817 x 1237
File Size: 75 KB
Record: 1988/2.22
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1988-sl-2.22/1988_2.22.jpg

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Full citation: "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 April 19, 2024.