Afternoon tea

Afternoon tea

Item Information

Title:
Afternoon tea
Description:
A double portrait of Whistler's mother-in-law, Frances Birnie Philip, and her daughter Ethel Whibley. Mrs. Philip appears in the mourning dress and black head covering that she adopted after Beatrix Whistler's death in 1896.
Artist:
Whistler, James McNeill, 1834-1903
Date:
1897
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Transfer lithographs
Portrait prints
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903). Lithographs, Etchings, and Drawings
Subjects:
Eating & drinking
Extent:
1 print : transfer lithograph ; sheet 41 x 24 cm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/3r076k41c
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Notes:
Title from catalogue raisonné.
Way: W. 147
Additional information accompanying item: Portrays Mrs. Philip and Mrs. Charles Whibley
Notes (date):
Date from catalogue raisonné.
Notes (citation):
Way, Thomas R. (Thomas Robert). "The lithographs of James McNeill Whistler ; Harriet K. Stratis and Martha Tedeschi, general editors." Art Institute of Chicago in association with the Arie and Ida Crown Memorial, 1998, Chicago.
Notes (object):
Only state.
Transfer lithograph: with stumping and scraping, drawn on fine-grained transfer paper
Ink color: black
Signature: printed butterfly
Identifier:
17_14_000147
Barcode:
36666000187068