Victoria Club

1879/1887

James McNeill Whistler

Associated Names
James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

The image shows a sketch of an urban scene with a street view of a classical architectural facade. The horizon is suggested by the line where the building meets the ground. The architecture features arched windows and decorative elements. The drawing depicts figures and architectural details with loose, sketchy lines to convey movement and activity. The color palette is monochrome, using shades of charcoal or graphite against a light background. People are shown walking or standing, sketched in a way that suggests motion, adding to the lively urban atmosphere.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in black with chine collé on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 20.6 × 13.4 cm (8 1/8 × 5 1/4 in.)
    sheet: 48.8 × 36.9 cm (19 3/16 × 14 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.8671

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Stratis & Tedeschi 1998, no. 15, ii/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Purchased April 3, 1930 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

1896

  • Way, Thomas Robert. Mr. Whistler's Lithographs: The Catalogue. London: G. Bell and Sons, 1896; New York: H. Wunderlich & Co., 1905, no. 11.

1998

  • Stratis, Harriet K., and Martha Tedeschi, eds. The Lithographs of James McNeill Whistler, vol. 1. Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1998, pp. 87-89, no. 15, ii/ii.

Inscriptions

Published in Notes 1879

Wikidata ID

Q65022090

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