Little Arthur
c. 1857/1858
Artist, American, 1834 - 1903
James McNeill Whistler

Artwork overview
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Medium
etching on wove paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
plate: 5.8 × 5 cm (2 5/16 × 1 15/16 in.)
sheet: 21.2 × 15.9 cm (8 3/8 × 6 1/4 in.) -
Accession Number
1943.3.8397
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Catalogue Raisonné
MacDonald 2012, no. 8, state iv/iv
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Lessing Julius Rosenwald [1891-1971], Philadelphia (Lugt 1760b-c); gift to National Gallery of Art, 1943.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1931
Etchings, Lithographs, Original Drawings, and Autograph Letters by James A. McNeill Whistler, The Free Library of Philadelphia, 1931.
Bibliography
1910
Kennedy, Edward G. The Etched Work of Whistler. New York: Grolier Club, 1910, no. 9, v/v.
2012
MacDonald, Margaret, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock. James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, A Catalogue Raisonné. Scotland: University of Glasgow, 2012, no. 8, iv/iv. http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk
Inscriptions
"Whistler" lower left composition, in plate, artist's hand. Verso: none.
Markings
"LRJ" verso, black stamped ink, stamped twice. "National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink.
Watermarks
None.
Wikidata ID
Q65021814