James McNeill Whistler and Thomas Way and Son
Chelsea Rags
1887
Scroll
Physical Qualities
Crayon transfer lithograph, Sheet: 240 × 178 mm. (9 7/16 × 7 in.)
Image: 181 × 160 mm. (7 1/8 × 6 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
The George A. Lucas Collection, purchased with funds from the State of Maryland, Laurence and Stella Bendann Fund, and contributions from individuals, foundations, and corporations throughout the Baltimore community
Object Number
1996.48.8322
Most likely from the edition published in the journal "The Albermarle" in January 1892, with the printed inscription trimmed away.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1996; The Maryland Institute College of Art,
through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris
through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris
Inscribed: Signed in matrix: middle right "[butterfly]"
Markings: Collector's stamp: verso "M.I. / LUCAS / COLLECTION" (Lugt 1695c)
