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James McNeill Whistler

Turkeys

1879

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Turkeys

James McNeill Whistler

Turkeys

James McNeill Whistler

Turkeys

1879

Physical Qualities Etching, Sheet: 218 × 135 mm. (8 9/16 × 5 5/16 in.) Plate: 209 × 135 mm. (8 1/4 × 5 5/16 in.)
Credit Line The George A. Lucas Collection, purchased with Funds from the State of Maryland. Funds from Laurence and Stella Bendann, and Contributions from individuals, foundations, and corporations throughout the Baltimore community
Object Number 1996.48.12296
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
Susan Dackerman, BMA, "Whistler & Cassatt: Americans Abroad," June 11-Oct. 13, 2003; circulated to The Academy of the Arts, August 10, - October 20, 2004.

Inscribed: Signed in pencil: lower left, on paper tab "[butterfly] imp" Inscribed in pencil: verso, in Lucas' hand "T.C Turkeys"

Markings: None

Artist

James McNeill Whistler

1833–1902

American, 1834-1903
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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.
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