The Lime-Burner

1859

James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and drypoint in black on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Bequest of Margaret Coughlan)

  • Dimensions

    plate: 9 3/4 x 6 7/8 in. (24.77 x 17.46 cm)
    sheet: 10 7/8 x 7 7/8 in. (27.62 x 20 cm)

  • Accession

    2015.19.3253

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    MacDonald 2012, no. 55, state ii/ii


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Margaret Coughlan, Washington, DC; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2004; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

1910

  • Kennedy, Edward G. The Etched Work of Whistler. New York: Grolier Club, 1910, no. 46.

2012

  • MacDonald, Margaret, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock. James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, A Catalogue Raisonné. Scotland: University of Glasgow, 2012, no. 55, ii/ii. http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk

Inscriptions

lower right in plate: Whistler / 1859.

Watermarks

[beehive] DEDB

Wikidata ID

Q77010111


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