The Farriers

1888

James McNeill Whistler

Associated Names
James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

The image features a person standing next to a horse. The person is upright, facing slightly to the side, with one hand resting on the horse's back. The facial features of the person are detailed, with a serene expression and short, smooth hair. The person wears a loose garment that reaches the ankles, without any visible jewelry or objects in hand. The background shows a lightly shaded, sketch-like barn environment with an impressionistic style. The sketch is done in pencil or graphite with shading for depth and form.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in black with chine collé on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 20 × 17.8 cm (7 7/8 × 7 in.)
    sheet: 31.6 × 25.1 cm (12 7/16 × 9 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.8684

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Stratis & Tedeschi 1998, no. 27

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

1896

  • Way, Thomas Robert. Mr. Whistler's Lithographs: The Catalogue. London: G. Bell and Sons, 1896; New York: H. Wunderlich & Co., 1905, no. 24.

1998

  • Stratis, Harriet K., and Martha Tedeschi, eds. The Lithographs of James McNeill Whistler, vol. 1. Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1998, pp. 132-134, no. 27.

Wikidata ID

Q65022103

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