The Little Forge

1875

James McNeill Whistler

Associated Names
James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

This is a drawing of an interior scene with figures engaged in activity in a workshop or similar setting. The artwork includes a group of figures, a large wheel, and various objects creating an industrial or labor environment. The drawing uses hatching and cross-hatching techniques for texture and depth. Bold lines define the architecture and composition of the space. The figures have dynamic poses, suggesting movement and focus on their tasks, creating an industrious ambiance.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    drypoint on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.8480

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Kennedy 1910, no. 147, vi/viii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Lessing Julius Rosenwald [1891-1971], Philadelphia, (Lugt 1760b); 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. 147, vi/viii.

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. 141, state ix/xvi.

Inscriptions

by later hand, lower left on recto: und Va-VI / K.147 The Little Forge

Watermarks

IV countermark

Wikidata ID

Q65021897

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