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Drury Lane Rags

1888

James McNeill Whistler

Associated Names

James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

The image shows a storefront from an elevated viewpoint, focusing on the front of a building. The background is minimally depicted, with a few architectural details suggesting a street. The lines are precise and minimal, with a soft color palette dominated by yellows, blues, and greys. Figures, including a child and adults, are near the entrance. In the distance, other buildings are faintly outlined. The background is simple, emphasizing the storefront and figures.

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Artwork overview

Medium

hand-colored lithograph in black on wove paper
Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection
Dimensions

image: 14.7 × 16 cm (5 13/16 × 6 5/16 in.)
sheet: 38.73 × 26.1 cm (15 1/4 × 10 1/4 in.)
Accession Number

1943.3.8681
Catalogue Raisonné

Stratis & Tedeschi 1998, no. 25

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Lessing Julius Rosenwald [1891-1971], Philadelphia, (Lugt 1760b); gift to National Gallery of Art, 1943.

Associated Names

Rosenwald, Lessing Julius

Exhibition History

1931

Etchings, Lithographs, Original Drawings, and Autograph Letters by James A. McNeill Whistler, The Free Library of Philadelphia, 1931.

1982

Lessing J. Rosenwald: Tribute to a Collector, NGA, 1982, no. 28, repro.

1998

Songs on Stone: James McNeill Whistler and the Art of Lithography, The Art Institute of Chicago and the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1998, no. 49, repro.

Bibliography

1896

Way, Thomas Robert. Mr. Whistler's Lithographs: The Catalogue. London: G. Bell and Sons, 1896; New York: H. Wunderlich & Co., 1905, no. 21.

1998

Stratis, Harriet K., and Martha Tedeschi, eds. The Lithographs of James McNeill Whistler, vol. 1. Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1998, pp. 128-129, no. 25.

Wikidata ID

Q65022100

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