The Little Doorway, Lyme Regis

1895

James McNeill Whistler

Associated Names
James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

This is a drawing of a house facade with people at the entrance. The sketch depicts a building with a simple architectural design. A doorway is centered, flanked by windows. Surrounding the entrance are rectangular windows and few architectural lines. More windows are visible on the right. The lines are loose and impressionistic, focusing on conveying a sense of place. Shading adds subtle depth to the composition.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in black on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 23.4 × 15.7 cm (9 3/16 × 6 3/16 in.)
    sheet: 28.3 × 22.8 cm (11 1/8 × 9 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.8741

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Stratis & Tedeschi 1998, no. 119

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. 83.

1998

  • Stratis, Harriet K., and Martha Tedeschi, eds. The Lithographs of James McNeill Whistler, vol. 1. Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1998, pp. 364-366, no. 119.

Wikidata ID

Q65022160

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