The Blacksmith

1895/1896

James McNeill Whistler

Associated Names
James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

The image is a sketched illustration of a man shown from the waist up. He is facing forward with a slight tilt to his posture, and one arm appears to be resting on something in front of him. The man's facial features are faintly detailed; he seems to have a mustache and his head is turned to the side. His hair is short and dark. He is wearing a long-sleeved shirt with the sleeves rolled up to the elbows. The background shows various objects and structures, like the large wheel of a cart in the foreground and some indistinct forms suggestive of pottery or jars.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in black on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 22 × 16.7 cm (8 11/16 × 6 9/16 in.)
    sheet: 28.4 × 22.8 cm (11 3/16 × 9 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.8748

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Stratis & Tedeschi 1998, no. 127, iii/iii

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. 90.

1998

  • Stratis, Harriet K., and Martha Tedeschi, eds. The Lithographs of James McNeill Whistler, vol. 1. Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1998, pp. 381-385, no. 127, iii/iii.

Wikidata ID

Q65022167

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