Lady in an arm-chair

Lady in an arm-chair

Item Information

Title:
Lady in an arm-chair
Title (alt.):
Lady in an armchair
Description:
A portrait of an elderly lady wearing a cap, who is seated in an armchair and is facing to the right, her right hand resting upon her lap. In the right lower corner, "Whistler, 1861," with the "6" reversed.
Artist:
Whistler, James McNeill, 1834-1903
Name on Item:
Whistler
Date:
1861
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Drypoints
Portrait prints
Cancellation proofs
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903). Lithographs, Etchings, and Drawings
Subjects:
Sitting
Extent:
1 print : drypoint ; plate mark 23 x 15 cm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/3r076m256
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Notes:
Title from catalogue raisonné.
Alternative title from item.
Kennedy: K. 79
Additional information accompanying item: Included in "Etchings by J. M. Whistler from the cancelled plates."
Handwritten on item: The only impressions known are from the cancelled plate.
Notes (date):
Date from item.
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):
From an impression from the cancelled plate.
Identifier:
17_14_000063
Barcode:
36666000099305