Seymour, Seated

James McNeill Whistler

Associated Names
James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

The image features a young child seated sideways with their left leg crossed over the right knee. The child's head is turned in profile, facing left, showing short, wavy hair around their ears. They are dressed in a long-sleeved garment with a collar, a knee-length skirt, long stockings, and shoes. The child rests their hands on their knee. The background consists of hachured and scribbled lines.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 13.34 x 9.53 cm (5 1/4 x 3 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 25.72 x 20.32 cm (10 1/8 x 8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.8417

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    MacDonald 2012, no. 9, state ii/iii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

G. M. La Monte [1873-1927]; 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. 29, 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. 9, state ii/iii.

Inscriptions

on plate:J Whistler' ('istler' is obscured)

Wikidata ID

Q65021833

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