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James McNeill Whistler and Auguste Delâtre

The Old Rag Woman

1857

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The Old Rag Woman

1857

Physical Qualities Etching and drypoint, Sheet: 320 × 207 mm. (12 5/8 × 8 1/8 in.) Plate: 208 × 147 mm. (8 3/16 × 5 13/16 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 1996.48.18098
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
Jay Fisher, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "The Prints of James A. McNeill Whistler from the Museum Collection," February 14-April 1, 1984.

BMA, "After Rembrandt: The Influence of Dutch Art on Nineteenth- Century French Printmaking," 12 February - 13 April 1997.

Andaleeb Banta and Joanna Karlgaard, The Baltimore Museum of Art, “The Rembrandt Effect,” December 12, 2021 - April 10, 2022.

Inscribed: Signed in plate: lower right "Whistler"

Markings: Collector's stamp: verso "M.I. / LUCAS / COLLECTION" (Lugt 1695c)

Artist

James McNeill Whistler

1833–1902

American, 1834-1903
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Printer

Auguste Delâtre

1821–1906

French, 1822-1907
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