The Smithy

c. 1880

James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and drypoint in dark brown on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall (trimmed to plate): 17.3 × 22.7 cm (6 13/16 × 8 15/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1943.3.8566

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    MacDonald 2012, no. 239, state v/vi


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Owned by Sir John C. F. S. Day [1826-1908], London according to E.G. Kennedy, 1910. Henry Harper Benedict [1844-1935], New York, (Lugt 2936). (Knoedler & Co., New York.) Purchased November 26, 1929 by Lessing Julius Rosenwald [1891-1971], Philadelphia, (Lugt 1760b); 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. 240, iv/v.

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. 239, state v/vi.

Inscriptions

on plate: (butterfly); on tab: (butterfly) imp; lower left on verso: MK 32560

Watermarks

S WISE & CO / 1823 with heart (Chicago watermark 320)

Wikidata ID

Q65021982


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