Boston Public LibraryJames McNeill Whistler (1834-1903). Lithographs, Etchings, and Drawings / American Artists
The music-room
Item Information
- Title:
- The music-room
- Description:
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In a wide room, about a round table on which stands a lighted lamp, three people are seated: At the right a lady holding a book near her eyes; at the left, a gentleman stretched out in an armchair, with a newspaper in his hands; at the back, a gentleman reading a book, which rests on the table. The plate is unsigned. The gentleman in the armchair is Francis Seymour Haden, surgeon and etcher -- now Sir Seymour Haden; the lady is his wife; the gentleman beyond the table is Mr. Traer, Haden's assistant.
- Artist:
- Whistler, James McNeill, 1834-1903
- Date:
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[1859]
- Format:
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Prints
- Genre:
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Etchings
- Location:
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Boston Public Library
Arts Department - Collection (local):
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James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903). Lithographs, Etchings, and Drawings
- Subjects:
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Etchers
Physicians
Reading
Spouses
Haden, Francis Seymour, 1818-1910
- Extent:
- 1 print : etching ; plate mark 15 x 22 cm
- Permalink:
- https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/3r076j55h
- Terms of Use:
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No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
- Notes:
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Title from catalogue raisonné.
Kennedy: K. 33
Additional information accompanying item: The lines on the paper which Sir Seymour is reading, and on the wall above it, do not show clearly in the reproduction, nor does the landscape in the window behind Traer. Traer was a surgeon and assistant to Sir, then Mr. Seymour Haden.
- Notes (date):
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Date supplied by cataloger.
This date is inferred.
- Notes (citation):
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Kennedy, Edward G. (Edward Guthrie). "The etched work of Whistler ; compiled, arranged and described by Edward G. Kennedy, with an introduction by Royal Cortissoz." Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1978, San Francisco.
- Notes (object):
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First state of two.
The fingers of Sir Seymour Haden's right hand are not indicated (Lenox Library).
- Identifier:
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17_14_000019
W. 3177 (no longer used)
- Barcode:
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36666000188314
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