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James Abbott McNeill Whistler

The Music Room

Description

Maker

James Abbott McNeill Whistler (American, 1834-1903)

Title

The Music Room

Year

1859

Medium

  • Etching and drypoint with plate tone on cream laid paper

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • Etching and drypoint with plate tone on cream laid paper

Materials

plate tone

Supports

  • Medium weight cream laid paper

Dimensions

Plate/Image: 14.4 x 21.6 cm (5 11/16 x 8 1/2 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Verso:in pencil in bottom center of sheet:Whistler/K.33II(II superscribed)A Music Room/C2013-275 ; in LR:17292/a/C-14090

Marks: Watermark:I(?)VG Stamped in brown ink on verso:R.I.S.D./MUSEUM/OF ARTsurrounded byPROVIDENCE/RHODE ISLANDall inscribed in a circle Stamped in brown ink on verso:Max Blach, Wieninscribed in rectangle Stamped in grey ink on verso:HW = Harris G. Whittemore collector mark (Lugt 1384a)

Identification

State

2nd of 5

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mr. Henry D. Sharpe

Object Number

52.289

Type

  • Prints

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This object is in the Public Domain and available under a CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication

Tombstone

James Abbott McNeill Whistler (American, 1834-1903)
The Music Room, 1859
Etching and drypoint with plate tone on cream laid paper
Plate/Image: 14.4 x 21.6 cm (5 11/16 x 8 1/2 inches)
Gift of Mr. Henry D. Sharpe 52.289

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