Gaiety stage door

Gaiety stage door

Item Information

Title:
Gaiety stage door
Description:
Image depicting the bow window and movement of figures at the back of the Gaiety Theatre, as well as the stage door.
Artist:
Whistler, James McNeill, 1834-1903
Date:
1879
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Transfer lithographs
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903). Lithographs, Etchings, and Drawings
Subjects:
Doors & doorways
Theaters
Places:
England > London
Extent:
1 print : transfer lithograph ; sheet 34 x 51 cm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/3r076p21h
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Notes:
Title from catalogue raisonné.
Way: W. 10
Additional information accompanying item: Published in "Notes." Drawing erased. One of a set of five lithographs in the original brown cover. This set of five original lithographs was issued by Mr. Whistler in 1887. Only 100 sets were printed and the drawing erased. Mr. Way states that "they are not only most exquisite works of art in themselves, but masterpieces from the technical point of view. They may indeed be said to have marked an epoch in the history of the art."
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):
Transfer lithograph: with scraping, drawn on coarse-grained transfer paper
Ink color: black
Signature: printed butterfly
Identifier:
17_14_000104
W. 2678 (no longer used)
Barcode:
36666000186045