Little Arthur

c. 1857/1858

James McNeill Whistler

Associated Names
James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

The image is a sketch of a young child sitting. The child is shown with their upper body and legs visible, sitting with hands in their lap and head tilted to one side. The child has a round face, softly shadowed eyes, shoulder-length wavy hair, and is wearing a dark dress or coat with a large collar and buttons. The background is textured with heavy hatching and crosshatching.

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

John Nichols Estabrook and Dorothy Coogan Estabrook; gift to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1987.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1910

  • Kennedy, Edward G. The Etched Work of Whistler. New York: Grolier Club, 1910, no. 9, v/v.

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, cat. no. 8, state iv/iv.

Inscriptions

"Whistler" lower left composition, in plate, artist's hand. Not dated. "WHISTLER - LITTLE ARTHUR" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "12" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. Verso: none.

Markings

None.

Watermarks

None.

Wikidata ID

Q74876839

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