The Boy

c. 1873/1875

James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

James McNeill Whistler

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    drypoint on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.8473

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    MacDonald 2012, no. 145, state vii/viii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Bernard Buchanan MacGeorge [1845?-1924], Glasgow, (Lugt 394). (Colnaghi's, London, stock nos. C 6858, 9766). (H. Wunderlich & Co., New York, stock no. A 65708). Theodore de Witt, New York. 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. 135, vii/viii.

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. 145, state vii/viii.

Inscriptions

in plate: (butterfly); on recto: (butterfly); lower right on recto: The Boy-

Watermarks

Arms of Amsterdam

Wikidata ID

Q65021890

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