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Title: Nocturne, from the "Twelve Etchings" or the "First Venice Set"
Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Physical Description: This is a nighttime view of a city on water. Along the horizon can be seen numerous buildings and ships. At center left is a three-masted ship at anchor; along the right side are buildings, incuding domes and a tall tower. Throughout the image, there is an importance given to reflections and the nocturnal setting.
Artist Life Dates: 1834-1903
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 1879-1880
Accession Number: 1954/1.372
Medium and Support: etching and drypoint, printed in warm black ink on laid paper
relevance: rank 19.21332
Style/Group/Movement: Aesthetic Movement

Title: The Square House, Amsterdam
Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Physical Description: A street facing onto a canal is seen at a very slight angle. The three buildings each have balconies (some enclosed), banks of windows, and doors at the water's edge. A dense network of hatching lines describe the brick facades, balconies and windows, and reflecions.
Artist Life Dates: 1834-1903
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 1889
Accession Number: 1954/1.404
Medium and Support: etching and drypoint, printed in brown ink on laid paper
relevance: rank 19.21332
Style/Group/Movement: Aesthetic Movement

Title: La Vieille aux Loques
Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Physical Description: An old woman in a white cap sits in a cluttered interior. Positioned just inside the doorway, the woman is surrounded by piles of cloth with domestic objects on shelves and walls that gleam in the darkness.
Artist Life Dates: 1834-1903
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 1858
Accession Number: 1954/1.327
Medium and Support: etching, printed in black ink on Japan paper, laid down on white wove plate paper
relevance: rank 19.21332
Style/Group/Movement: Aesthetic Movement

Title: The Doorway, from the "Twelve Etchings", or the "First Venice Set"
Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Physical Description: A large ornate waterdoor faces onto a canal. On the threshold near the water, a woman bends down towards the surface of the canal. Behind the doorway stands another figure in the shadows and beyond is another opening to a small square or open-air workspace. The Doorway consists of a large lunette shaped transom light over the door and the portal is flanked on either side by large arched windows. The glazing is all fitted into a fine network of mullions in either square on diamond patterns. The door and windows are each framed by carved pilasters and engaged corinthian capitals. Below the windows are bands of rosettes and other carved ornaments that extends to the water level.
Artist Life Dates: 1834-1903
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 1879-1880
Accession Number: 1954/1.375
Medium and Support: etching, drypoint, and roulette on laid paper on laid paper
relevance: rank 19.21332
Style/Group/Movement: Aesthetic Movement

Title: The Pierrot
Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Physical Description: A man stands in an apron and rolled sleeves in the water door of a building along a canal. Another figure is seen kneeling and reaching down to the water at the left edge of the water door. The building and its reflection fills the frame; the emphasis is on the figures in the darkened opening, along with their reflections, while the upper story of the building is only summarily indicated.
Artist Life Dates: 1834-1903
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 1889
Accession Number: 1954/1.406
Medium and Support: etching and drypoint, printed in dark brown ink on wove paper
relevance: rank 19.21332
Style/Group/Movement: Aesthetic Movement

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