Little Smithfield
c. 1877
Artist, American, 1834 - 1903
Artwork overview
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Medium
etching on wove paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
plate (cut to platemark): 13.4 × 9.8 cm (5 1/4 × 3 7/8 in.)
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Accession
1987.41.69
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Catalogue Raisonné
MacDonald 2012, no. 154, only state
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
John Nichols Estabrook and Dorothy Coogan Estabrook; gift to NGA, 1987.
Associated Names
Bibliography
1910
Kennedy, Edward G. The Etched Work of Whistler. New York: Grolier Club, 1910, no. 160.
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. 154, only state.
Inscriptions
"[Whistler's butterfly signature] imp" lower left tab, graphite, artist's hand. Not dated. Verso: none.
Markings
None.
Watermarks
"J LLOYD"
Wikidata ID
Q74876903