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The Lime Burner

James McNeill Whistler

The Lime Burner

1858

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The Lime Burner

James McNeill Whistler

The Lime Burner

James McNeill Whistler

The Lime Burner

1858

Physical Qualities Etching, Sheet: 306 x 252 mm. (12 1/16 x 9 15/16 in.) Plate: 246 x 176 mm. (9 11/16 x 6 15/16 in.)
Credit Line Collection of John Dorsey and Robert W. Armacost, Baltimore
Object Number 2011.143
The Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest, 2011; Robert Armacost and John Dorsey, Baltimore; by inheritance from Mr. C.H. Dorsey; purchased from Kennedy Galleries, NY; F.L. Babbott Collection (attorney with Standard Oil, according to Kennedy's letter to Mr. Dorsey)

Inscribed: lower left in graphite: "[butterfly]"; lower left in plate: "Whistler"; lower right in plate: "Whistler / 1859."; by later hand, lower center in graphite: "3110 The Lime Burner"; by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: "a33632 / early proof- fine- signed by W."

Artist

James McNeill Whistler

1833–1902

American, 1834-1903
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Proof of illustration for the book "Théodore Duret, Histoire de J. McN. Whistler et de son oeuvre (Paris: H. Floury, 1904)"
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The Lime-Burner
1858
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Proof of illustration for the book "Théodore Duret, Histoire de J. McN. Whistler et de son oeuvre (Paris: H. Floury, 1904)"
1898–1908
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1643–1653
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Coal Burner's Hut in the Forest, in the Harz Mountains
1836–1846
DRURY LANE
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Drury Lane
1879–1880
Charlemagne in the Charcoal Burner's Hut
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Charlemagne in the Charcoal Burner's Hut
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OVIFORM POT AND COVER AND BEAKER
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Plate XXVI from the book "A Catalogue of Blue and White Porcelain forming the collection of Sir Henry Thompson (London: Elllis and White, 1878)"
1877
HIS COUSIN NICELY KISSES...OUR MAID!
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Son cousin l'embrasse joliment...notre bonne!
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