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James McNeill Whistler

Sketching, No. 1, 1861

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Medium

etching and drypoint in black on chine collé

Dimensions

overall: 11.6 x 16.4 cm (4 9/16 x 6 7/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of John E. Stocker

Catalogue Raisonné

MacDonald 2012, no. 83, state iv/vi

Accession Number

2006.125.24

Artists / Makers

James McNeill Whistler (artist) American, 1834 - 1903

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Inscription

lower right in plate: Whistler: across lower edge in plate: London, Published December 1st 1861 by Day & Son, Litho. to the Queen / Whistler

Provenance

(McLean Arts & Books); John E. Stocker, Arlington; gift to NGA, 2006.

Associated Names

Stocker, John

Bibliography

1910: Kennedy, Edward G. The Etched Work of Whistler. New York: Grolier Club, 1910, no. 86, iii/iv.

2012: MacDonald, Margaret F., Grischka Petri, Joanna Meacock.James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonné. University of Glasgow on-line website at http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. University of Glasgow, 2012, no. 83, state iv/vi.

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