Courtyard, Chelsea Hospital

1888

James McNeill Whistler

Associated Names
James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

The image shows an architectural facade with figures in front of it. The base of the building suggests a horizon, with no other major elements along it. The artwork features delicate pencil strokes, creating a sketch-like quality with light shading and line work. The color palette is monochromatic, using shades of gray against beige. Some loosely sketched figures are near the viewer, while the building in the background has a detailed doorway, surrounded by windows and architectural ornamentation.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 21.5 × 16.2 cm (8 7/16 × 6 3/8 in.)
    sheet: 31.5 × 19.6 cm (12 3/8 × 7 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.8683

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Stratis & Tedeschi 1998, no. 28

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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. 23.

1998

  • Stratis, Harriet K., and Martha Tedeschi, eds. The Lithographs of James McNeill Whistler, vol. 1. Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1998, pp. 134-137, no. 28.

Wikidata ID

Q65022102

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