St. Giles-in-the-Fields

1896

James McNeill Whistler

Associated Names
James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

The image features a building with a steeple, surrounded by bare trees. The viewpoint seems low, emphasizing the steeple and trees. The horizon line is not clear, with the building as the focal point. The sketch is expressive and uses charcoal or pencil, with soft strokes and smudged shading. The color palette is monochromatic - grey and black against a cream background. There are lightly sketched figures and other elements in the lower part of the image, providing scale to the distant structure.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in black on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 21.7 × 14.2 cm (8 9/16 × 5 9/16 in.)
    sheet: 30.2 × 18.2 cm (11 7/8 × 7 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.8784

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Stratis & Tedeschi 1998, no. 167

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. 129.

1998

  • Stratis, Harriet K., and Martha Tedeschi, eds. The Lithographs of James McNeill Whistler, vol. 1. Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1998, pp. 472-473, no. 167.

Wikidata ID

Q65022203

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