La marchande de moutarde

La marchande de moutarde

Item Information

Title:
La marchande de moutarde
Description:
Leaning upon the left door-post of a narrow doorway, above which there is a barred window, stands a young girl. Within the smaller interior, an old woman wearing a white cap stands bending over a table on which are a box and jars. Other jars are ranged on a shelf above, supported by a large bracket. On the street pavement, below the left door-post, "Whistler."
Artist:
Whistler, James McNeill, 1834-1903
Name on Item:
Whistler
Date:
[1858]
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Etchings
Portrait prints
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903). Lithographs, Etchings, and Drawings
Subjects:
Merchants
Doors & doorways
Extent:
1 print : etching ; plate mark 16 x 9 cm
Permalink:
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Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Notes:
Title from catalogue raisonné.
Kennedy: K. 22
Handwritten on item: One of twelve etchings from nature, French set.
Notes (date):
Date supplied by cataloger.
This date is inferred.
Notes (citation):
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):
Second state of five.
There are vertical lines on the bracket, and two additional parallel lines on the edge of the table. Before the intricate work in the space just above the pots on the shelf, and the perpendicular cross-lines in the oblong space at the right, immediately under the arch. "Imp. Delâtre, Rue St. Jacques, 171," at lower left (British Museum).
Identifier:
17_14_000012
W. 1185 (no longer used)
Barcode:
36666000188256