The Little Nurse

c. 1886/1888

James McNeill Whistler

Associated Names
James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

The image shows a woman standing upright with a composed expression, wearing a wide-brimmed hat and a layered dress. Two children are also depicted next to her, wearing similar hats and dresses. The background is blank, and there are no visible accessories or objects.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching in dark brown on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall (trimmed to plate): 13.2 × 9.5 cm (5 3/16 × 3 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.8600

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    MacDonald 2012, no. 286, only state

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Henry Harper Benedict [1844-1935], New York (Lugt 2936). (Knoedler & Co., New York). 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. 302.

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. 286, only state.

Inscriptions

on plate: (butterfly); on tab: (butterfly) imp; on verso by Whistler, lower left: (butterfly); lower right: The Little Nurse, / Grays Inn; lower left on verso: MK.31685; Colnaghi stock numbers erased and covered by the NGA stamp

Watermarks

none

Wikidata ID

Q65022017

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