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James McNeill Whistler

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Etched portrait sketch of a head with tousled hair built from crisscrossing hatched lines, signed Whistler lower right.

Portrait of Whistler

1859

Etching of a shadowy Paris alley with a seated woman at a table and a standing boy in a cap beside her.

Rag Pickers, Quartier Mouffetard, Paris

1858

Etching of a seated figure reading a book, rendered in loose, sketchy hatched lines against a pale background.

Reading a Book

1873

Etching of a young girl with long wavy hair seated in a chair, hands clasped, looking downward.

Annie, seated

1858

Pen drawing of riverside buildings, a lattice bridge and a church tower over reflective water.

The Little Putney, No. 1

1879

Pen and ink sketch of soldiers in shako hats at a dress parade, with a crowd and parasol-holding women, and a verse below.

Dress Parade (from Sketchbook)

1852

Pen and ink sketch of a seated man and woman in armchairs, with pencil studies of figures on the same sketchbook page.

40 and 50 (Man and Woman Seated) (from Sketchbook)

1854

Etching of a man leaning against a barrel in a timber shed between two ladders, with a doorway opening onto the river.

The Lime-Burner, from the Thames Set (A Series of Sixteen Etchings of Scenes on the Thames and Other Subjects)

1859

Etching of a dim kitchen with a woman silhouetted by a window, pots on shelves, and plates on racks at right.

The Kitchen, from the French Set (Douze Eaux-Fortes d'après Nature or Twelve Etchings from Nature)

1858

Loose lithographic portrait of a seated bearded man in a jacket, hands resting low, drawn in soft gray hatched strokes on cre

Stéphane Mallarmé

1892

Loose black crayon sketch of a seated woman in a dark cloak in a high-backed armchair beside a window.

La Robe Rouge

1894

Loose pencil-like sketch of a seated woman in an armchair with a reclining figure and dark scribbles to the right.

Portrait Study: Mrs. Philip, No. 4 [Studies of the Philips]

1897

Pencil portrait study of a seated woman with dark hair in a draped dress, facing forward against a pale background.

Portrait Study: Mrs. Philip, No. 3 (recto) Portrait Study: Geneviève Mallarmé (verso)

1897

Pen and ink sketch on salmon paper of a reclining figure on a bed beside vertical hatched curtains in an interior.

Girl Reading in Bed

c. 1882

Pencil sketch of a uniformed soldier in a shako hat holding a lance, standing on cream paper.

Soldier with Lance

1854/55

Pen and ink sketch of a helmeted policeman confronting a top-hatted citizen, both standing on pale paper.

Policeman and Citizen

1854/55

Ink sketch of a standing gendarme in a tall helmet and dark cloak, with a sabre at his side, labelled Gendarme.

Gendarme

1854/55

Pen and ink sketch of a standing lancer in uniform and shako helmet, holding a long lance with a pennant.

Lancer

1854/55

Pencil sketch of the Peacock Room with three tall panels of peacocks above and a loose peacock drawing below.

Sketch of the Peacock Room

1898

Loose charcoal and chalk sketch of a standing nude woman with one hand on her hip, on brown paper.

A Nude Figure

c. 1878

Charcoal sketch on brown paper of a draped woman in a turban leaning on a table, by James McNeill Whistler.

Draped Model

1866/69

Charcoal sketch of a seated woman in a hat and long dress, hands in lap, on tan paper.

At the Piano

1873/75

Etching of a young girl at a shop doorway as a woman behind the counter serves her from jars on shelves.

La Marchande de Moutarde (The Mustard Seller)

1858

Etching of a young girl with long hair seated in a chair, head bowed, hands folded in her lap.

Annie, Seated

1858/59

Etching of Greenwich Park with large trees, a shaded lawn, small seated figures, a walking woman, and a distant building.

Greenwich Park

1859

Etching of two horses grazing near farm buildings, trees and a wooden fence under a cloudy sky, signed Whistler 1859.

Landscape with Horses

1859

Etching of a crowded Thames wharf with ships, rowboats, and a seated man leaning on a rail in the foreground.

Black Lion Wharf, from A Series of Sixteen Etchings of Scenes on the Thames (the "Thames Set")

1859, published 1871

Etching of a nude woman with long dark hair asleep on a bed, with a curtain and pillows around her.

Venus

1859

Etching of a man poling an empty punt along a calm river lined with poplars, trees, a cottage and hills.

The Punt

1861

Etching of a woman sketching at a riverbank beside tall reeds, with a rowing boat, trees, a hut and hills beyond.

Sketching

1861

Etching of Chelsea Wharf with moored barges, masts, warehouses and small figures on the quay.

Chelsea Wharf

1863

Fanny Leyland

1874