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James McNeill Whistler

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Sketch of a nude woman bending over a vase of flowers, with soft shading and a small animal at the right.

A Nude Model Arranging Flowers

probably 1892 (printed posthumously 1903)

Loose sketch of a draped model standing from behind beside a sofa, with a headwrap and soft pencil lines on pale paper.

Draped Model, Standing by a Sofa

1893 (printed posthumously 1904)

Loose charcoal-style sketch of a woman seen from behind, looking over her shoulder, with hair pinned up and a circular frame.

Portrait Study: Miss Rosalind Birnie Philip

1896 (only printed posthumously 1903)

Loose pencil sketch of a standing young woman in a hat and long coat, with soft shading and minimal outlines.

Portrait of a Young Woman Wearing a Hat [Miss Seaton]

1897 (only printed posthumously 1903)

Loose pencil sketch of a young woman in a dark wrap, face lit at centre, hands at lower right, on cream paper.

Portrait of a Young Woman [Miss Seton]

1897 (only printed posthumously 1903)

Pencil sketch of a standing female nude partly draped in fabric, with loose shading on pale paper.

Model Draping

probably 1889

Sketch of a building facade with an arched upper window, a dark lower window with seated figures, and horses below.

The Forge, Passage du Dragon

1894

Loose sketch of a seated man with a mustache and dark jacket, hands in lap, on cream paper.

The Doctor

1894

Monochrome print of a multi-arched stone bridge over a river at dusk, with figures on the bank and hazy spires in the distanc

Evening, Little Waterloo Bridge

1896

Maud, Standing

1876-78

Etching of a seated woman in a dark cap with folded hands, shaded with dense cross-hatching, by James McNeill Whistler.

La Rétameuse

1858

Bibi Lalouette

1859

The Muff

1874

Loose sketch of a seated woman in a dark shawl, turned three-quarters, with a vertical background behind her.

Portrait Study: Mrs. Philip, No. 2

1897

Lithograph of a standing man in a dark suit and white collar against a dark, hatched background.

Portrait of Count Robert de Montesquiou

1894

Pencil grid of diagonal lines and dotted guide points on a torn, stained sketchbook page.

Grid (from Sketchbook)

1854-55

Graphite sketch on grey paper of a seated man at a table and kneeling figures, with a standing figure at upper right.

Four sketches (from Sketchbook)

1854-55

Pale arch-shaped sketchbook page with faint grey wash and a loose dark ink sketch of a head in the lower left.

(from Sketchbook)

1854-55

Etching of a narrow Amsterdam facade with a balcony, a woman in a doorway, and figures at an upper window.

Balcony, Amsterdam

1889

Etching of a wooden bridge over a calm river, with houses and a church tower at right and reflections in the water.

Little Putney Bridge

1879

Etched portrait of a young girl with long dark hair in a dark dress, signed Whistler, on a tan ground.

Annie

1857/58

Watercolor of a crowded market square in muted greys and blues, with townhouses, stalls, umbrellas and pedestrians.

Variations in Violet and Grey - Market Place, Dieppe

1885

Etching of a narrow city building with tall windows, shuttered balconies, and a shop front at street level.

Rue des Bons Enfants, Tours

1888

Etching of moored sailing boats and masts along an Amsterdam harbor, with a city skyline and dramatic hatched sky.

Amsterdam, from the Tolhuis

1863

Etching of a seated woman in a hat and ruffled collar, working on tatting with her hands near a small table.

Tatting

1874

Pastel and chalk drawing of a standing woman in a patterned blue kimono holding an open fan, on a brown ground.

Japanese Woman Painting a Fan (recto)

c. 1872

Etching of a city street with tall townhouses, a horse and cart in the foreground, and pedestrians along the road.

Alderney Street

1881

Etching of a church doorway with a pointed stone arch, wooden door and iron hinges, with brick wall above.

Church Doorway, EdgwareImpression: Art Institute of ChicagoArt Institute of Chicago(1924.659)Church Doorway, Edgware

1887/1888

Etching of a crowded Brussels street with shopfronts, upper windows, a cart wheel, and figures in long dresses and coats.

High Street, Brussels

1887

Etching of a flat countryside with a horse and cart, a windmill, a telegraph pole and distant trees.

Railway-Station, Voves

1888

Etching of a row of houses with shop windows, a cobbled quay, figures, and dark water below.

The Embroidered Curtain

1889

Pencil sketch of a standing woman in a wide-brimmed hat and gloves, with hatched shadow behind her on cream paper.

Gants de Suède

1890

Pencil sketch of a crowded street with market stalls, awnings and figures in hats and long coats.

Street Scene

1849-1903

Etching of a domed church and gondolas across a calm Venetian lagoon, with soft hatched lines.

Little Salute

1879/80

Etched copper plate showing a garden doorway with steps, trees, a standing figure and a reclining figure, crossed by diagonal

The Garden

1879/80

Brass etching plate with a faint line drawing of a Venetian skyline, domes and towers above water, with scratches across it.

Salute Dawn

1879/80

Etched copper plate showing a Venetian canal scene with the Rialto, gondolas, crowds on the quay and arcaded buildings.

The Rialto

1879/80

Two loose black crayon sketches on pale paper: an older woman's head and shoulders above, and a standing woman in a hat below

Two Sketches

1878/79

Etching of a narrow village street with old gabled houses, shuttered windows, a cobbled road and a lone walking figure.

Street at Saverne

1858

Etching of an elderly woman in a bonnet seated in a dim interior beside a cat, with shelves of pots behind her.

La Vieille aux Loques

1858

Etching of an older woman serving a young girl at a shop counter in a stone doorway lined with jars and bottles.

La Marchande de Moutarde

1858

Etching of a crowded river waterfront with warehouses, masted sailing ships, rowing boats and workers on the water.

Thames Warehouses

1859

Etching of a harbor with moored barges, a seated boatman, tall masts, and riverside warehouses under a pale sky.

The Pool

1859

Etching of a man in a cap and cloak holding a cello, with loose cross-hatched lines around him.

Becquet

1859

Etched portrait of a bearded man with tousled hair, one hand raised to his chest, looking toward the viewer.

Z. Astruc, Editor of _L'Artiste_

1859

Etching of Paris's Isle de la Cité with stone bridges over the Seine, an iron footbridge, and figures and carts on the quay.

Isle de la Cité, Paris

1859

Etching of a standing girl in a long cloak and bonnet against vertical hatched lines, signed Whistler 1860.

Annie Haden

1860

Etching of a crowded harbor with many masts and rowboats, and a foreground crowd of people in top hats and bonnets.

The Penny Boat

1859

Etching of a seated man with curly hair holding a concertina, with a violin and bow on a table beside him.

Ross Winans

1861

Etching of the half-timbered Speke Hall behind bare trees, with a wide empty lawn in the foreground.

Speke Hall, No.1

1870

Etching of a standing woman wrapped in loose drapery, face turned toward viewer, against a hatched dark background.

Draped Model

1870

The Muff

c. 1873

Drypoint portrait of a seated boy wrapped in a hatched cloak, looking toward the viewer against a pale background.

The Boy

c. 1873/1875

Etching of a bearded man playing a guitar, with loose crosshatched shading against a pale ground.

The Guitar Player

1875

Etching of a woman in a long dark dress seated at a piano, drawn in loose hatched lines against a pale background.

The Piano

1875

Etching of two tall-masted sailing ships moored in a harbor, with a rowboat and distant masts and buildings.

Two Ships

1875

Etching of steamboats and masts moored on a misty harbor, with two people in a rowboat in the foreground.

Steamboats off the Tower

1875

Etching of a riverside factory with smokestacks, a barge and rowers on the water, and a bridge at right.

Price's Candle-Works

c. 1875

Etching of a misty riverside skyline with factory chimneys and moored rowboats on calm water.

Battersea: Dawn

1875

Etching of fishing boats and tall masts drawn up on a shore, with a cliff and sheds behind them.

Fishing Boats, Hastings

1877

Etching of a narrow old street with gabled timber buildings, a church spire in the distance, and a bare tree at right.

Wych Street

1877

Etching of a narrow lane lined with leaning old houses, with leaded windows and two small figures in the foreground.

Little Smithfield

c. 1877

Etching of the arched Temple Bar gateway with statues, a horse and cart, and pedestrians on a city street.

Temple Bar

c. 1877

Lord Wolseley

c. 1877

Etching of moored sailing barges with tall masts beside a quay, buildings on the left, and smoky sky over calm water.

From Pickle-Herring Stairs

c. 1878

Etching of a Chelsea riverside with moored sailing barges, a rowboat on mud, and old gabled houses and a pub.

The 'Adam and Eve', Old Chelsea

1878

Etching of a river scene framed by buildings, with small boats and a distant bridge on the water beneath a pale sky.

Under Old Battersea Bridge

1879

Etching of Venice's skyline across a calm lagoon, with gondolas, mooring posts, church towers and a sailing ship.

Little Venice

1880

Etching of a misty harbor with a sailing ship, domed buildings and a tall tower reflected in still water.

Nocturne

1879/1880

Etching of a dark archway with leafy branches, a glowing interior, seated figures at a table, and a woman with a child.

The Traghetto, No.II

1879/1880

Etching of two arched doorways on a Venetian canal, with a gondola and bridge in the distance.

Two Doorways

c. 1879/1880

Etching of a canal with a curved bridge, hanging laundry, boats, figures and old buildings along the banks.

The Bridge

1879/1880

Etching of a cluttered wheelwright workshop with timber beams, a wagon wheel, and workers at their tasks.

Wheelwright

1879/1880

Etching of a busy city street with a large arcade column, horse carriages, and pedestrians sketched in loose lines.

Regent's Quadrant

1880/1881

Etching of a rustic thatched smithy interior with windows, workbenches, scattered tools, and figures at work.

The Smithy

c. 1880

Etching of sailing boats with tall masts on a calm river, with a distant town skyline and trees along the far shore.

Dordrecht

1884

Etching of a standing woman in a hood beside a dark cottage doorway, with a seated child and a window at upper right.

Cottage Door

c. 1884/1886

Etching of children gathered at a shop doorway beside shelves of jars and pots, by James McNeill Whistler, 1887.

The Village Sweet-Shop

1887

Etching of two women in an interior, one standing and one seated sewing, with loose hatched lines and a mantel behind them.

The Seamstress

c. 1884/1886

Etching of Saint James's Park with trees, horse-drawn carriages and strolling pedestrians in loose linework.

Saint James's Park

c. 1884/1886

Pen sketch of an old-clothes shop interior with garments hanging on the left, shelves below, and a figure in a dark doorway.

Old-Clothes Shop, No.I

c. 1884/1886

Etching of a cluttered old-clothes shop interior with hanging garments, figures near a doorway, and children at left.

Old-Clothes Shop, No.II

c. 1884/1886

Pen sketch of a Chelsea street with a dark doorway at the top of stone steps and several figures walking nearby.

Little Steps, Chelsea

c. 1884/1886

Etching of a street fruit shop with a T.A. Nash sign, awning, and figures in hats and children in the foreground.

T.A. Nash's Fruit-Shop

c. 1886

Etched street scene of a busy shop front with a crowd of figures along a row of Chelsea buildings and awnings.

The Fish-Shop, Busy Chelsea

1887

Etching of a fruit and potato shop under a striped awning, with a sign reading J.H. Woods and figures near the stall.

Woods's Fruit Shop

c. 1886/1888

Etching of a London street with shopfronts, a shop sign reading GEISHER, house numbers 73 and 74, and small figures on the pa

York Street, Westminster

c. 1886/1888

Etching of a city street with shopfronts, a barber's sign, a gas lamp and small groups of pedestrians.

The Barber's

c. 1886/1888

Etching of a rag shop front with hanging cloth, a dark doorway, and small figures including a seated child on the street.

Rag-Shop, Milman's Row

c. 1886/1888

Etching of a Chelsea street with a shopfront, iron railings, and women and children on the pavement.

Justice Walk - Chelsea

c. 1886/1888

Etching of a Chelsea street with shopfronts, bird cages in windows, small pedestrians, and a horse and cart at right.

Bird-Cages Chelsea

c. 1886/1888

Etching of a street shopfront with an awning, a produce stall, and small figures in the foreground.

Exeter Street

c. 1886/1888

Etching of a woman holding a child in a doorway beneath shelves of caged birds, with a shop interior behind.

Bird-Cages, Drury Lane

c. 1886/1888

Etching of a standing woman, a small child, and a seated child beside a windowed wall and dark hatched drapery.

Petticoat Lane

c. 1886/1888

Etched street scene of a market arcade with small figures, stalls and a shop sign, drawn in fine hatched lines.

Clothes Exchange, No.I

1887

Etching of a crowded street scene with a tall arched building, women in long dresses, and a small standing child.

Clothes Exchange, No.II

c. 1886/1888