The Village Sweet-Shop

1887

James McNeill Whistler

Associated Names
James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

The image shows a sketch of multiple children gathered in the entrance of a rustic building. The children's bodies are partially shown, some standing and others crouching or sitting. Facial features are not detailed, but their heads are outlined. The children wear simple clothing. The setting is outdoors with a pebble-strewn ground. Next to the children, there is a wooden plank leaning against the wall with a small, gridded window filled with objects. The background is minimalistic focusing on wooden elements and wall texture.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall (trimmed to plate): 8.2 × 12.3 cm (3 1/4 × 4 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.8570

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    MacDonald 2012, no. 266, only state

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Colnaghi's, London, 1927). Purchased June 23, 1928 by 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

1910

  • Kennedy, Edward G. The Etched Work of Whistler. New York: Grolier Club, 1910, no. 251.

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. 266, only state.

Inscriptions

on plate: (butterfly); on tab: (butterfly) imp; c.15945 on verso by Harold Wright of Colnaghi's

Wikidata ID

Q65021986

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