Maunder's Fish Shop, Chelsea

1890

James McNeill Whistler

Associated Names
James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

This is a drawing of the exterior of a small shop or storefront. The scene shows a building with upstairs windows and a display at street level. People are around the storefront, which has a striped awning over the entrance and goods displayed outside. The drawing captures the texture of the building's facade and the lively activity in front of the store with a sketchy, impressionistic style. The monochrome palette suggests this is a pencil or charcoal drawing, giving the image a timeless feeling and focusing on the play of light and shadow, adding depth to the composition.

Media Options

This object’s media is free and in the public domain. Read our full Open Access policy for images.
Not on view See artworks now on view

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in black on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 19 × 17 cm (7 1/2 × 6 11/16 in.)
    sheet: 32.5 × 20 cm (12 13/16 × 7 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.8688

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Stratis & Tedeschi 1998, no. 37, ii/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Bibliography

1896

  • Way, Thomas Robert. Mr. Whistler's Lithographs: The Catalogue. London: G. Bell and Sons, 1896; New York: H. Wunderlich & Co., 1905, no. 28.

1998

  • Stratis, Harriet K., and Martha Tedeschi, eds. The Lithographs of James McNeill Whistler, vol. 1. Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1998, pp. 154-156, no. 37, ii/ii.

Wikidata ID

Q65022107

You may be interested in

Loading Results