The Butcher's Dog

1896

James McNeill Whistler

Associated Names
James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

The image shows a street view from a slightly elevated perspective, focusing on the entrance of a shop. The scene includes architectural elements such as columns and arches. The brushstrokes are sketchy and spontaneous, creating a sense of movement. The color palette is monochromatic with black ink on beige paper. A small dog is in front of the shop window, with a couple of figures nearby. In the distance, there are suggestions of rooftops and upper elements of adjacent buildings.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in black on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 19 × 13.1 cm (7 1/2 × 5 3/16 in.)
    sheet: 28.4 × 20.1 cm (11 3/16 × 7 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.8783

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Stratis & Tedeschi 1998, no. 166, ii/iv

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. 128.

1998

  • Stratis, Harriet K., and Martha Tedeschi, eds. The Lithographs of James McNeill Whistler, vol. 1. Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1998, pp. 468-471, no. 166, ii/iv.

Wikidata ID

Q65022202

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