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The Tyresmith

James McNeill Whistler

The Tyresmith

1889

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The Tyresmith

James McNeill Whistler

The Tyresmith

James McNeill Whistler

The Tyresmith

1889

Physical Qualities Transfer lithograph, Sheet: 310 x 207 mm. (12 3/16 x 8 1/8 in.) Image: 165 x 179 mm. (6 1/2 x 7 1/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Winifred M. Gordon, Baltimore, in Memory of her Husband, Douglas Huntly Gordon
Object Number 1992.9
Purchased by Douglas Gordon

Inscribed: Signed in stone: center left with 'Butterfly'; signed in pencil: lower margin center 'Butterfly'. Collectors' stamp, lower right, verso in black ink 'G' in octagonal frame (Douglas Gordon) (Lugt 1130a supl.)

Markings: Fool's CAP with balls

Artist

James McNeill Whistler

1833–1902

American, 1834-1903
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The Tyresmith
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The Tyresmith
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OVIFORM VASE AND TOBACCO JAR AND COVER
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Plate XXV from the book "A Catalogue of Blue and White Porcelain forming the collection of Sir Henry Thompson (London: Elllis and White, 1878)"
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GLOBULAR BOTTLE, CYLINDRICAL-SHAPED POT, AND SHALLOW BOWL
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Plate XXIV from the book "A Catalogue of Blue and White Porcelain forming the collection of Sir Henry Thompson (London: Elllis and White, 1878)"
1877
TEAPOT
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Plate XXIII from the book "A Catalogue of Blue and White Porcelain forming the collection of Sir Henry Thompson (London: Elllis and White, 1878)," which reproduces pen and ink drawings by Whistler. One of a series of proofs, lacking the printed plate numbers and identifying numbers, of these illustrations in the Lucas Collection.
1877
TREBLE-GOURD BOTTLE AND BOWL
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Plate XXI from the book "A Catalogue of Blue and White Porcelain forming the collection of Sir Henry Thompson (London: Elllis and White, 1878)"
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