A Sketch at Dieppe
Artist, American, 1834 - 1903
James McNeill Whistler
Attributed to

Artwork overview
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Medium
etching and drypoint on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall (trimmed to plate): 5 × 8.2 cm (1 15/16 × 3 1/4 in.)
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Accession Number
1949.5.265
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Catalogue Raisonné
MacDonald 2012, no. 251, state i/ii
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Howard Mansfield [1849-1938], New York, (Lugt 1342); acquired by Harris Whittemore [1864-1927], Naugatuck, CT, 1919; (his sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 18 January 1949, lot 295); (Charles Sessler, Philadelphia, PA); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald, Jenkintown, PA, 1949; gift to the NGA, 1949.
Associated Names
Bibliography
1910
Kennedy, Edward G. The Etched Work of Whistler. New York: Grolier Club, 1910, no. 246, i/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. 251, state i/ii.
Inscriptions
on plate: (butterfly); lower left in the image: (butterfly) imp-; lower left on the verso: Dieppe
Watermarks
none
Wikidata ID
Q65076819