The Slipper

1858

James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

James McNeill Whistler

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 12.07 x 7.94 cm (4 3/4 x 3 1/8 in.)
    sheet: 15.88 x 15.88 cm (6 1/4 x 6 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.8416

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    MacDonald 2012, no. 43, state ii/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Lessing Julius Rosenwald [1891-1971], Philadelphia, (Lugt 1760b-c); gift to NGA, 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. 28, ii/ii.

2012

  • MacDonald, Margaret F., Grischka Petri, Joanna Meacock.James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonné. University of Glasgow on-line website at http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. University of Glasgow, 2012, no. 43, state ii/ii.

Inscriptions

on plate: Whistler -; by later hand in pen on recto:183; on verso in corner:184

Watermarks

PRO PATRIA (partial)

Wikidata ID

Q65021832

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