Needlework / James McNeill Whistler
About this Item
Record Details
- Accession Number
- 2008/2.390
- Title
- Needlework
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler
- Artist Nationality
- American
- Artist Life Dates
- 1834-1903
- Medium and Support
- transfer lithograph on cream laid paper
- Object Creation Date
- 1896
- Object Creation Place
- North and Central America (continent)
- United States (nation)
- Creation Place 1
- North and Central America (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- United States (nation)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Ruth W. and Clarence J. Boldt, Jr.
- Inscription
- Signed, in stone, with butterfly monogram on back of chair.
- Dimensions
- 42.86 cm x 32.07 cm (16 7/8 in. x 12 5/8 in.)
- Primary Object Classification
- Physical Description
- A young woman seated at a slight angle in an upholstered armchair looks towards the viewer. In her lap and hands is a piece of fabric. The woman has a dark dress and hair worn back and bangs.
- Subject Matter
- Beatrix's youngest sister, Rosalind Birnie Philip, is shown here with needlework in her lap. As Whistler's wife declined, the Philip sisters and mother would spend time sitting with Beatrix. Rosalind became Whistler's ward upon his wife's death and became the executrix of Whistler's estate when he died in 1903.
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- furniture
- furniture by form or function
- needleworking and needleworking techniques
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by material
- processes and techniques by specific type
- seating furniture
- single seating furniture
- textile processes and techniques
- textile working processes and techniques
- Rights
- If you are interested in using an image for a publication, please visit https://umma.umich.edu/about/services/request-image/ for more information and to fill out the online Image Rights and Reproductions Request Form.
Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 2856 x 3936
- File Size
- 1 MB
- Record
- 2008/2.390
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2008-sl-2.390/2008_2_390.jpg
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"Needlework; James McNeill Whistler." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2008-sl-2.390/2008_2_390.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 18, 2024.
