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James McNeill Whistler

The Wheelwright

1879

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The Wheelwright

James McNeill Whistler

The Wheelwright

James McNeill Whistler

The Wheelwright

1879

Physical Qualities Etching and drypoint, Sheet: 134 × 175 mm. (5 1/4 × 6 7/8 in.) Plate: 126 × 175 mm. (4 15/16 × 6 7/8 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 1996.48.12294
According to Glasgow, "butterfly of 1886"
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
Etchings by Whistler
2006-05-10 00:00:00
Kennedy, Edward Guthrie. The Etched Work of Whistler (New York: Grolier Club, 1910; reprint, San Francisco: Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1978), #233.

Margaret F. MacDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock. James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonné, University of Glasgow, 2012, on-line website at http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk.

Inscribed: Signed in pencil: lower left, on paper tab "[butterfly] imp" Signed in plate: lower left "[butterfly]" Inscribed in pencil: verso, in Lucas' hand "2. Wheelwright"

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

Artist

James McNeill Whistler

1833–1902

American, 1834-1903
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