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- Title
- La Belle Dame Paresseuse
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler
- Physical Description
- A seated female faces towards the viewer. She is leaning back in her chair, her chin resting on her left arm; she holds papers in her right hand that are in her lap.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1834-1903
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1894
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.450
- Medium and Support
- transfer lithograph on heavy laid paper
- relevance
- rank 25.41481
- Title
- Courtyard, Chelsea Hospital
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler
- Physical Description
- A courtyard is depicted in the foreground with a doorway leading to a long passage in the distance at the right. The chief object of interest is the elaborate portal out of the couryard, flanked by columns and above which is a window with a balcony. Two faintly drawn windows are visible to the left, in front of which two figures sit together on a bench; there is indication of two stories of windows above the doorway, although the one of the third floor is only loosely indicated. The quoined edges of a tall wall at the right leads to a low wall on the right side in the foreground. In the foreground at the left are three children.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1834-1903
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1888
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.425
- Medium and Support
- lithograph with stumping on laid paper
- relevance
- rank 25.41481
- Title
- The Piazzetta, one of the "Twelve Etchings," or the "First Venice Set"
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler
- Physical Description
- A group of figures and pigeons lounge around the base of a column, which is unfinished in the upper portion of the plate. In the distance are a number of buildings of different styles that form a square where there are more people--and pigeons.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1834-1903
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1879-1880
- Accession Number
- 1987/2.41
- Medium and Support
- etching and drypoint on wove paper
- relevance
- rank 25.41481
- Title
- Little London
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler
- Physical Description
- A sweeping panorama of a city is visible from an elevated vantage point. Bridges cross a river and boats are evident. The river occupies the right side of the composition and the curving near bank of the river dominates the left side of the work. The cityscape includes many buildings, culimnating in one large dome in the distance. There is evidence that a window ledge exists along the bottom of the image and in the distance there are blustery clouds, indicating a leaden wintery sky.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1834-1903
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1896
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.460
- Medium and Support
- transfer lithograph wtih stumping on wove paper
- relevance
- rank 25.41481
- Title
- Carpet Menders, Paris
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler
- Physical Description
- Three women sit just inside the doorway of a building shown frontally to the viewer. The doorway is framed by windows on either side within an archietctural framework that connects the windows and door with a dado under the windows. The women have a large piece of fabric laid over their laps on which they are working. The woman at the left is angled so that she is looking into the room; the other two look out at the viewer. The profile of a fourth woman is visible in the central window on the left side of the door.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1834-1903
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1897-1898
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.408
- Medium and Support
- etching and drypoint, printed in warm black ink on laid paper, trimmed to plate
- relevance
- rank 25.41481
- Title
- En Plein Soleil, One of the 'Twelve Etchings from Nature,' or the 'French Set'
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler
- Physical Description
- Seen slightly from below, a woman is seated in a landscape on a hillock. She is holding a dark, fringed parasol and has a shawl wrapped around her shoulders. Her face is partly shaded by the parasol; beside her to the left is a pot or container of some kind. Behind her to the right is a lone poplar tree and behind her to the left are some low buildings and indication of a stand of trees. The foreground is uneven, with tufts of grass standing up between the figure and the viewer.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1834-1903
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1858
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.322
- Medium and Support
- etching and drypoint, printed in black ink on Japan paper, laid down on white wove plate paper
- relevance
- rank 25.41481
- Title
- Drury Lane
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler
- Physical Description
- Five children (some only partially rendered) stand before a covered passageway of a building with the lower part of a second story window visible. Through the passageway in the midle distance can be seen a street corner with a woman on the sidewalk, and beyond that additional shops with men on the sidewalk. At the upper right is a flower-like form that is the artist's "butterfly" signature.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1834-1903
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1880-1881
- Accession Number
- 2001/2.136
- Medium and Support
- etching, printed in dark brown ink on laid paper
- relevance
- rank 25.41481
- Title
- Jo's Bent Head
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler
- Physical Description
- A young woman is seen sitting in profile. She faces to the right, her head bent downward, her waving hair framing her face and falling down her back. Only the face and hair are drawn fully, the rest of the woman's body is quickly drawn in a few lines.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1834-1903
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1861
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.349
- Medium and Support
- drypoint, printed in dark brown ink on laid paper
- relevance
- rank 25.41481
- Title
- The Traghetto, No. 2, One of the 'Twelve Etchings,' or the 'First Venice Set'
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler
- Physical Description
- A dark passageway dominates the middle and left portions of the composition; to the right is a group of men seated outside at a table. The passageway has a view at the far end of a man seated while a gondola passes by. In front of the passageway re three young trees, the leaves of which fall in front of the passageway. To the left of the passageway is a child holding a baby. On either side of the passageway are windows that indicate the walls that fill the plate.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1834-1903
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1879-1880
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.377
- Medium and Support
- etching, printed in dark brown ink on laid paper, trimmed to platemark
- relevance
- rank 25.41481
- Title
- Cottage Door
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler
- Physical Description
- Four girls stand in, adjacent to, or in front of a dark open doorway. The doorway is cropped at the top, focussing on the figures. To the right is the partial view of a window.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1834-1903
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1886
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.395
- Medium and Support
- etching and drypoint, printed in dark brown ink on laid paper, trimmed to platemark
- relevance
- rank 25.41481
- Title
- Agnes
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler
- Physical Description
- A woman sits facing the viewer, looking slightly to the right. Her hands are in her lap and she is holding a piece of fabric. The background is undescribed and her skirt is loosely drawn.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1834-1903
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1873-1875
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.357
- Medium and Support
- drypoint, printed in warm black ink on laid Japan tissue
- relevance
- rank 25.41481
- Title
- The Wine Glass
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler
- Physical Description
- A long-stem wine glass is seen brightly lit from above and set against a dark, undescribed background. The glass stands on a shallow footed metal tray.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1834-1903
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1858
- Accession Number
- 1992/2.4
- Medium and Support
- etching on white laid paper
- relevance
- rank 25.41481
- Title
- Longshoremen
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler
- Physical Description
- Groups of figures, mostly men, are seated in an interior gathered around tables. In most cases they lean against the tables, principally the table at the back of the room that is parallel to the picture plane, looking away from the viewer. The exception is the man at the center of the composition who is leaning on the table wearing a cap and coat who looks at the viewer as he raises his right hand towards his face. At the right are seated a woman and baby,
- Artist Life Dates
- 1834-1903
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1859
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.338
- Medium and Support
- etching, printed in black ink on laid Japan paper
- relevance
- rank 25.41481
- Title
- The Broad Bridge
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler
- Physical Description
- A man in a small boat with oars sits in front of a bridge, a pier of which is just behind and to the left of the boat. The viewer is also positioned on the water as only the bottom of the span is visible. Several other piers, also framed and clad with wood to protect against collision are visible on either side of the image. The distant view, seen between the piers, include a suspension bridge to the left of the central pier and the tower of a church or other buildings to the right.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1834-1903
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1878
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.417
- Medium and Support
- lithotint with scraping, printed in brown ink on Japan paper, laid down on heavy wove paper
- relevance
- rank 25.41481
- Title
- Vitré—The Canal
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler
- Physical Description
- A French town, with houses along a canal or river in the foreground extends in the distance showing rooflines and towers under a blustery sky.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1834-1903
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1893
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.435
- Medium and Support
- transfer lithograph with stumping on laid paper
- relevance
- rank 25.41481
- Title
- The Fair
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler
- Physical Description
- A group of booths along a street, shown at night, occupy the right side of the image; beyond, at upper left, is a three-story building that closes off the composition. Figures in the street look towards the booths where light and other figures are congregated.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1834-1903
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1894-1895
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.451
- Medium and Support
- transfer lithograph, printed in black ink laid down on heavy wove paper
- relevance
- rank 25.41481
- Title
- The Palaces, One of the 'Twelve Etchings,' or the 'First Venice Set'
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler
- Physical Description
- A series of buildings and gondolas are seen along the edge of a canal. The emphasis on the dark tile roofs is contrasted with the play of window tracery and balconies along the facades of the building.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1834-1903
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1879-1880
- Accession Number
- 1955/1.123
- Medium and Support
- etching, drypoint, and open bite, printed in black ink on laid paper, trimmed to platemark
- relevance
- rank 25.41481
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- Title
- Street Scene, Paris [Rue Laffitte (?) ]
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler
- Physical Description
- This watercolor on brown prepared board is vertically oriented. The piece
- is reputedly a view of a Parisian street (perhaps in the 8th arrondissement), and the perspective is as if the viewer is on the fourth floor of an adjacent
- building. The upper two-thirds of the piece show a building-lined street,
- curving gently to the left. The buildings are about six stories tall, and
- additional rooftops are barely visible in the distance. On the ground
- floor of the buildings, there are traces of people, shops, and cafés. In
- the bottom third of the work, the road dissolves, but forms suggesting a
- few people populate the space.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1834-1903
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1883-1885
- Accession Number
- 1955/1.91
- Medium and Support
- watercolor on brown prepared board
- relevance
- rank 25.41481
- Title
- Eagle Wharf (Tyzac, Whiteley & Co.), One of the 'Sixteen Etchings,' or the 'Tham
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler
- Physical Description
- This plate shows a view of docks, businesses that serve shipping, and numerous ships, some pulled up in dry dock. In the foreground a low boat (a barge or lighter) angles into the space, on which a man in a cap is seated, hands on his knees, looking at the viewer.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1834-1903
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1859
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.336
- Medium and Support
- etching on laid tissue
- relevance
- rank 25.41481
- Title
- Sir Garnet Wolseley
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler
- Physical Description
- A distinguished looking man sits in a bust-length, three-quarter view, his face turned to straight profile, facing to the left. He has a moustache and goatee and a high collared shirt.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1834-1903
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1877
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.365
- Medium and Support
- drypoint, printed in black ink with grey wash on laid paper
- relevance
- rank 25.41481
- Title
- Upright Venice, One of the 'Twenty-six Etchings,' or the 'Second Venice Set'
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler
- Physical Description
- Seen from an elevated vantage point, a quay in the foreground with boats anchored nearby and figures talking is balanced in the upper part of the image by a view of buildings along the canals, gondolas, shipping and, just left of center a large domed church.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1834-1903
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1879-1880
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.388
- Medium and Support
- etching and drypoint, printed in black ink on laid paper, trimmed to platemark
- relevance
- rank 25.41481
- Title
- The Embroidered Curtain
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler
- Artist Life Dates
- 1834-1903
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1889
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.407
- Medium and Support
- etching and drypoint, printed in dark brown ink on laid paper
- relevance
- rank 25.41481
- Title
- Little Putney Bridge
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler
- Physical Description
- Seen from a distance, the Little Putney bridge is visible with its wooden piers. The left bank is not drawn, but on the right bank can be seen a number of buildings and the tower of a church.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1834-1903
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1879
- Accession Number
- 1983/1.226
- Medium and Support
- etching on pale green wove paper
- relevance
- rank 25.41481
- Title
- Old Hungerford Bridge, from the 'Sixteen Etchings,' or the 'Thames Set'
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler
- Physical Description
- The thriving commercial activity of a metropolitan river is shown as ships and barges of all types maneuver along the river's edge in the foreground. In the middle distance a bridge spans the water and beyond more buildings are loosely sketched in.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1834-1903
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1861
- Accession Number
- 1955/1.121
- Medium and Support
- etching and drypoint, printed in black ink on laid paper
- relevance
- rank 25.41481
- Title
- The Tyresmith
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler
- Physical Description
- A group of men are shown in an interior with beams under the eaves. To the right are two men working on a circular frame; at the left are a youth and a child standing to the left of a doorway which, at the center, receeds back through space to figures in the distance, including a woman to the left of the far portal. At the left, hanging on the wall are a number of horseshoes.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1834-1903
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1890
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.427
- Medium and Support
- transfer lithograph on heavy wove paper
- relevance
- rank 25.41481
- Title
- Stéphane Mallarmé (No. 1)
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler
- Physical Description
- This image is a portrait of a seated man with short hair, mustache and goatee. There is no indication of surroundings, although the sitter must be near a wall, as his figure casts a shadow behind him to the right.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1834-1903
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1892
- Accession Number
- 1993/2.34
- Medium and Support
- transfer lithograph on chine collé
- relevance
- rank 25.41481
- Title
- Waterloo Bridge
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler
- Physical Description
- A vignetted view of a roadway with carriages is shown passing beneather a bridge crossing a river, which, too has carriages on its roadbed. The scene is one of bustling activity, although seen from a distance and from an elevated height.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1834-1903
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1896
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.462
- Medium and Support
- transfer lithograph on old laid paper
- relevance
- rank 25.41481
- Title
- Blue and Silver: Morning, Ajaccio
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler
- Physical Description
- This watercolor on Japan paper, mounted on board, is vertically oriented. The piece is very dark, with the forms barely visible and very abstract. The upper quarter of the piece is blue, white, and pink (presumably a morning sky). In the next quarter down is what appears to be a body of water reflecting the sky, which a city and hills on the fall side of the shore from the viewer. The lower half the work has abstract figures in brown and cream that appear to be on the shore. Compositionally, there is a zig-zag recession into space. The piece is surrounded by the white border of the board that it is mounted on.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1834-1903
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1901
- Accession Number
- 1955/1.90
- Medium and Support
- watercolor on Japan paper, mounted on board
- relevance
- rank 25.41481
- Title
- Street at Saverne, One of the 'Twelve Etchings from Nature,' or the 'French Set'
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler
- Physical Description
- In this nighttime view down a street, buildings along the left-hand side of the street are shown in with sharp recession into space. A solitary figure is seen in the shadows on the left-hand side half way down the street. The sky is darkened with parallel horizontal hatching lines. The only source of light is a lantern on the wall of the right side of the street. Dark shadows fall across the buildings on the left side.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1834-1903
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1858
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.325
- Medium and Support
- etching and drypoint, printed in black ink on Japan paper, laid down on white wove plate paper
- relevance
- rank 25.41481
- Title
- Page of text related to Billingsgate
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler
- Artist Life Dates
- 1834-1903
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1859
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.339.3A&B
- Medium and Support
- etching, printed in black ink on laid Japan paper
- relevance
- rank 25.41481
- Title
- Weary
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler
- Physical Description
- A woman, leaning back in a curved armchair, sits at an angle to the viewer. Her face is presented in nearly strict profile, looking to the right; her long, waving hair cascades around her, framing her face. Her right arm is in her lap and her skirt is only lightly sketched in. At the lower left corner, another sketch of a woman's head (seen upside down) is visible.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1834-1903
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1863
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.353
- Medium and Support
- drypoint and roulette, printed in warm black ink on laid Japan tissue, tipped down
- relevance
- rank 25.41481
- Title
- Two Doorways, One of the 'Twelve Etchings,' or the 'First Venice Set'
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler
- Physical Description
- Seen from the water's edge, a canal in the foreground curves to the right and back into space. In the ditant view, buildings with balconies and chimney pots are visible as well as a bridge that is cropped by the curve of the waterway. In the foreground, across the canal, are several arched entryways. A dark waterdoor is open and shows a man on the steps and two shadowy figures behind him framed in the doorway; a lantern hangs overhead. To the right, another arched doorway with a metal grille above faces the canal, but is closed. A small open window on the seond floor can be seen between the arched doors.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1834-1903
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1879-1880
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.380
- Medium and Support
- etching and drypoint, printed in black ink on laid paper
- relevance
- rank 25.41481
- Title
- The Cock and the Pump
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler
- Physical Description
- An open public space dominates the foreground of the image. In that space are several groups of children, particularly at the lower left of the image, a rooster at the lower right, and a water pump at the far side of the square just before the fence. Beyond is a street that receeds into the distance; on either side of the street are picturesque older buildings that face onto the square with banks of windows, overhangs, and steeply pitched rooflines.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1834-1903
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1887
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.398
- Medium and Support
- etching, printed in warm black ink on laid paper, trimmed to platemark
- relevance
- rank 25.41481
- Title
- Shipbuilder's Yard
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler
- Physical Description
- A tall post to right of center bisects the composition. To the right is scaffolding and a platform. In the foreground, a figure of a standing man has been erased from the plate. The foreground is at the water's edge and while in the distance at the horizon are the masts of ships and smoke coming from a chimney to the right of the tall post.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1834-1903
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1875
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.360
- Medium and Support
- drypoint, printed in black ink on old laid paper
- relevance
- rank 25.41481
- Title
- Firelight: Joseph Pennell
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler
- Physical Description
- A bearded man, seen at some distance, is seated with legs crossed in an armchair with his hands behind his head.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1834-1903
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1896
- Accession Number
- 1978/1.166
- Medium and Support
- transfer lithograph on laid paper
- relevance
- rank 25.41481
- Title
- Jo's Bent Head
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler
- Physical Description
- A young woman is seen sitting in profile. She faces to the right, her head bent downward, her waving hair framing her face and falling down her back. Only the face and hair are drawn fully, the rest of the woman's body is quickly drawn in a few lines.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1834-1903
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1861
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.348
- Medium and Support
- drypoint on laid paper
- relevance
- rank 25.41481
- Title
- Gaiety Stage Door
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler
- Physical Description
- A building with an arched doorway, windows at the center right, and the beginning of a flight of stairs on the right acts as architectural foils for the figures and a cart and horse (hansom cab?) arrayed in front of the building or grouped in the dark entryway.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1834-1903
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1879
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.419
- Medium and Support
- transfer lithograph with scraping on buff-colored paper, laid down on white wove
- relevance
- rank 25.41481
- Title
- The Steps, Luxembourg Gardens
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler
- Physical Description
- A broad set of steps leading up to a tree-lined terrace are the main features of this work. Figures on the terrace and a sculpture of putti supporting an urn or pot are visible at the top of the stairs; in the left foreground, a woman and little girl are climbing the stairs.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1834-1903
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1893
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.437
- Medium and Support
- transfer lithograph with stumping on wove paper
- relevance
- rank 25.41481
- Title
- Yellow House, Lannion
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler
- Physical Description
- A three-story house fills nearly the entire sheet. On the ground level, a stone arched entrance on the left is flanked by a window with green shutters; on the second level, rusticated stone the defines the vertical sides of the buildings is indicated, along with three small windows; the third level projects forward, corbels below and shadows indicating the overhanging top floor; a shingled roof with a dormer window completes the building. Summary indications of the flanking buildings are suggested. Two young women or girls stand at the lower left corner of the composition.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1834-1903
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1893
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.453
- Medium and Support
- transfer lithograph with scraping printed in five colors on Japan paper
- relevance
- rank 25.41481
- Title
- The Riva, One of the 'Twelve Etchings,' or the 'First Venice Set'
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler
- Physical Description
- A view of a city along the edge of water sweeps from the foreground towards the right in the distance. Along quays, bridges and promenades can be seen groupoings of people walking and in conversation. Boats populate the water's edge: smaller boats in the foreground, larger multi-masted ships in the distance.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1834-1903
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1879-1880
- Accession Number
- 1955/1.125
- Medium and Support
- etching and drypoint, printed in dark brown ink on laid paper
- relevance
- rank 25.41481
- Title
- The Riva, One of the 'Twelve Etchings,' or the 'First Venice Set'
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler
- Physical Description
- A view of a city along the edge of water sweeps from the foreground towards the right in the distance. Along quays, bridges and promenades can be seen groupoings of people walking and in conversation. Boats populate the water's edge: smaller boats in the foreground, larger multi-masted ships in the distance.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1834-1903
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1879-1880
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.379
- Medium and Support
- etching and drypoint printed in black ink on wove paper
- relevance
- rank 25.41481
- Title
- Whistler with a hat
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler
- Physical Description
- A man with curly hair and a moustache is shown looking at the viewer. He is wearing a dark, broad-brimmed hat at a slight angle, a ribbon hanging over the brim on the right side. His hands are barely indicated, but he is holding paper in his left hand and writing or drawing with his right hand.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1834-1903
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1859
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.341
- Medium and Support
- drypoint, printed in black ink on laid paper
- relevance
- rank 25.41481
- Title
- Old Battersea Bridge
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler
- Physical Description
- Seen from the surface of a river, a segment of a wooden bridge carries both carriages and pedestrians across the span. The piers of the bridge are reinforced with horizontal boards to protect against collision. Between the piers the distant shore shows numerous buildings and dry-dock cranes. In the center span, a low boat with a sail is about to pass under the bridge, moving towards the viewer.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1834-1903
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1879
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.371
- Medium and Support
- etching and drypoint, printed in dark brown ink on laid paper, trimmed to platemark
- relevance
- rank 25.41481
- Title
- Ponte del Piovan, One of the "Twenty-six Etchings," or the "Second Venice Set"
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler
- Physical Description
- A brick and stone bridge crosses a canal at the center of the image. On both sides as well as behind the bridge are tall buildings that surround the bridge, creating shallow space. Several figures stand and sit on the bridge. Windows, balconies,
- Artist Life Dates
- 1834-1903
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1879-1880
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.390
- Medium and Support
- etching and drypoint on laid paper
- relevance
- rank 25.41481
- Title
- Rue de Vannes, Paris
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler
- Physical Description
- A partial view of a four-story building, concentrating on pairs of windows on each story and a wrought iron fence on the ground level. Windows have window boxes or balconies; on the ground level are several dogs on either side and a pair of milk cans at the center in front of the fence.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1834-1903
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1892-1893
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.410
- Medium and Support
- etching, printed in black ink on laid Japanese tissue
- relevance
- rank 25.41481
- Title
- Sea and Rain: Variations in Violet and Green
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler
- Physical Description
- Painting depicts a solitary male figure standing along the shore. The thin layers of paint evoke a misty, overcast day with the figure standing perhaps on a tidal flat.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1834-1903
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1865
- Accession Number
- 1955/1.89
- Medium and Support
- oil on canvas
- relevance
- rank 25.41481
- Title
- Return to Tilbury, from the 'Jubilee' or the 'Naval Review' series
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler
- Physical Description
- At some distance can be seen ships with tall masts and a distant shore.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1834-1903
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1887
- Accession Number
- 1987/1.361
- Medium and Support
- etching, printed in dark brown ink on laid paper, trimmed to platemark
- relevance
- rank 25.41481
- Title
- The Dancing Girl
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler
- Physical Description
- A woman, nude but for a diaphanous elbow-length drapery and a cap over her hair, stands facing the viewer with her head turned towards the right. The figure's right arm is extended gracefully from the side of her body, hand facing downward. Her left hand is extened at nearly a right angle, holding her drapery out, which further devines the curves of her body. Her weight is on her right leg as the left leg points forward.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1834-1903
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1890
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.430
- Medium and Support
- transfer lithograph on laid paper
- relevance
- rank 25.41481
- Title
- The Little Balcony
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler
- Physical Description
- A vignette of a group of women on a balcony, all looking downward. The women have hats and parasols. There the horizontal bands that indicate architecture delineating different stories. Above the gathering on the terrace, at the center of the image is a small window that shows two other people looking outward.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1834-1903
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1894
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.444
- Medium and Support
- lithograph on laid paper
- relevance
- rank 25.41481
- Title
- The Butcher's Dog
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler
- Physical Description
- A partial view of a butcher's shop is seen frontally from across the road. To the left is an arched doorway within a pedimented entryway; a woman holding a baby stands silhouetted against the doorway while a little girl sits on the stoop. To the right is an arched shopfront that comprises both the doorway and the window in which hangs two large cuts of meat. The window of the shop is partially screened by an awning the extends before the facade of the building. A dog is seen sitting in front of the shop window.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1834-1903
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1896
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.464
- Medium and Support
- transfer lithograph on wove paper
- relevance
- rank 25.41481