The Menpes Children

c. 1884/1886

James McNeill Whistler

Associated Names
James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

The image features a sketch of four figures. The left side shows two seated figures, while the right side shows one standing figure and one seated figure. The figures on the left are sitting side by side, with one wearing a hat. The standing figure on the right is dressed simply with a hat, and the seated figure next to them is a child. The sketch is done in a sparse style against a blank background.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching in dark brown on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 6.7 × 10.1 cm (2 5/8 × 4 in.)
    sheet: 10.5 × 17.3 cm (4 1/8 × 6 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1949.5.268

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    MacDonald 2012, no. 300, only state

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Howard Mansfield [1849-1938], New York, (Lugt 1342); acquired by Harris Whittemore [1864-1927], Naugatuck, CT, 1919; (his sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 18 January 1949, lot 301); (Charles Sessler, Philadelphia, PA); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald, Jenkintown, PA, 1949; gift to the NGA, 1949.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1910

  • Kennedy, Edward G. The Etched Work of Whistler. New York: Grolier Club, 1910, no. 261.

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. 300, only state.

Inscriptions

on plate: (butterfly); lower left on verso: a 38271

Watermarks

partial [lion in circle with letters around it-- incl DAM; similar to VRYHEDT]

Wikidata ID

Q65076829

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