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James McNeill Whistler

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Etching of a narrow passage with a sign reading Entrance to the Exhibition Clothes Exchange and figures in long dresses.

Fleur de Lys Passage

c. 1886/1888

Etching of a street lined with shopfronts under awnings, with small figures walking and standing along the pavement.

Saint James's Place, Hounsditch

c. 1886/1888

Etching of a crowded city street with shopfronts, awnings, pedestrians, and a sign reading Babrahams.

Cutler Street, Hounsditch

1887

Etching of a market interior with a standing woman, a seated woman, a child, and hanging cloth beneath a wooden frame.

After the Sale, Hounsditch

c. 1886/1888

Etching of a park lawn with seated and standing figures, wooden steps at left, and a hedgerow along the top.

Steps, Gray's Inn

c. 1886/1888

Pen sketch of women in hats seated on long benches with children across an open lawn, by James McNeill Whistler.

Long Seats, Gray's Inn

c. 1886/1888

Etching of a standing girl in a wide hat and ruffled dress beside a small child, with a faint third figure at right.

The Little Nurse

c. 1886/1888

Loose ink sketch of a Gothic arched church doorway with stone pillars and a wooden door, with buildings sketched above.

Church Doorway, Edgemere

Etching of a village square with thatched cottages, a stone pump, figures in hats, and a rooster on the ground.

The Cock and the Pump

c. 1887

Etched sketch of a grassy landscape with seated women in hats, a parasol figure on a ridge, trees, and a windmill.

Ramparts, Sandwich

c. 1887

Etching of a sparse plain with horsemen, a wooden stand, a tall pole, and distant mountains under light sketched clouds.

Wild West, Buffalo Bill

1887

Etching of naval monitors and small boats on a harbor horizon, with sketched figures in hats in the foreground.

Monitors

1887

Etching of a shipyard waterfront with sheds, smokestacks, a wooden fence and masted ships reflected in the water.

Dry-Dock, Southampton

1887

Etching of women under a pier shelter with sailboats on water beyond, and a seated figure in the lower right.

Ryde Pier

1887

Etching of a standing woman in a long hatched fur cloak and small hat, set against loose, dark crosshatched background lines.

The Fur Cloak

Etching of a seated young woman in a hat and long dress, drawn with loose, sketchy lines on pale paper.

Nora Quinn

Etching of a seated woman in a feathered hat and fur-trimmed wrap, drawn in loose sketchy hatching on pale paper.

Miss Lenoir

c. 1887

Etching of a standing figure wrapped in a large mantle with a wide-brimmed hat, drawn in loose hatched lines.

The Mantle

Etching of a seated young child with curly hair and a sketched adult head in a hat at upper right.

Gipsy Baby

Etching of a small standing nude male figure with head bowed, set against loose diagonal hatching on pale paper.

Little Nude Figure

Etching of a seated woman in a headscarf leaning toward a small infant, drawn in loose, sketchy lines on tan paper.

Cameo, No.I

Etched landscape of a flat canal with reeds, small figures, and a row of houses and a spire under clouds.

Canal, Ostend

1887

Etching of a dim interior with columns, arches, small tables and seated figures, by James McNeill Whistler, 1887.

Church, Brussels

1887

Etching of a tall narrow building with arched top and ornate carving, a doorway at the base, and small figures in the street.

Gold-House, Brussels

1887

Etching of an ornate Brussels building facade with sculpted pediment and small street figures, by James McNeill Whistler, 188

Grand' Place, Brussels

1887

Etching of a shadowy courtyard with an arched balcony, doorways, hanging laundry and a figure at left on cobblestones.

Courtyard, Rue P.L. Courier

1888

Etching of a Gothic stone doorway with ornate carved arch and two seated children at the base, on a cobbled street.

Hangman's House, Tours

1888

Etching of a tall stone town hall facade with an arched doorway and figures gathered in the street below.

Mairie, Loches

1888

Etching of a tall turreted town hall with arched windows and a clock tower, with small figures crowded in the street below.

Hotel de Ville, Loches

1888

Loose etched sketch of women in long skirts and bonnets standing in a market scene, with small poultry at their feet.

Poultry-Market, Loches

1888

Etching of a tall scaffolded tower above old houses, with figures and a horse and cart on a street below.

Tour St. Antoine, Loches

1888

Etching of a clock tower above a street of old houses, with a woman holding a child and other figures nearby.

Clock-Tower, Amboise

1888

Etching of a courtyard with a stone arch, column, and balcony, with a woman holding a child and birds on the paving.

Hotel Lallement, Bourges

1888

Etching of several arched windows and doorways in a stone facade, with foliage at upper right and sketch fragments below.

Windows Opposite Hotel, Bourges

1888

Etching of a weathered Amsterdam house front with balconies, laundry and figures at windows, reflected in water below.

Square House, Amsterdam

1889

Etching of wooden houses on stilts over a canal in Amsterdam, with figures on porches and their reflections in the water.

Long House - Dyer's - Amsterdam

1889

Etching of a shop front with two figures, one standing in a doorway and one bending near a pail on the street.

Pierrot

1889

Dark etched nocturne of a building with glowing windows and a bright lamp at center, cross-hatched lines throughout.

Nocturne: Dance House

1889

Etching of a curved footbridge with figures over a canal, reflecting buildings on the far bank, by James McNeill Whistler.

Bridge, Amsterdam

1889

Etching of a flat Dutch landscape with a row of windmills on the horizon and a moored boat with a mast in the foreground.

Zaandam

1889

Etching of a row of quayside stalls with strolling figures, a resting dog, and faint buildings behind, by James McNeill Whist

Quai de Montebello

1893

Etching of a Paris street with an arched passage, pedestrians, bare trees and shop signs including Passages de l'Opera.

Passages de l'Opera

1888

Etching of a row of Parisian shopfronts with a pedestrian and signs, titled Rue de la Rochefoucault, by Whistler.

Rue de la Rochefoucault

1893

Loose pen sketch of a seated woman in a large hat and dress, with quick hatched strokes on pale paper.

Mrs or Miss McNay

1882

Sketch of a standing nude woman holding a shallow bowl, drawn in charcoal and chalk on brown paper.

Standing Female Nude Holding a Bowl [recto]

1868/1873

Sketch of a standing nude woman with crossed legs and one hand raised to her head, drawn in chalk on brown paper.

Nude Standing with Legs Crossed

c. 1878

Nude Leaning on a Rail [recto]

1871/1874

Seated Woman with Red Hair

1870/1873

Chalk and pastel sketch of a standing man in grey coat and brown hat, with red cravat, on brown paper.

Harper Pennington

1880/1882

Pencil sketch of an interior with a standing figure in a wall picture, drapery above, and a reclining form below.

Sketch of Mrs. Godwin's Portrait when hung at the Society of British Artists

1886/1887

Pen and ink sketch of a seated woman in a dark dress in an interior with shelves behind her, on cream paper.

Miss Cumberlege

1882

Brown ink drawing of a woman in a dark gown with a white fur wrap, standing against hatched brown shading.

Arrangement in Black - No.3

1881

Brown ink sketch of a standing woman in a long gown with a small head study beside her, on cream paper.

Standing Female Figure

c. 1883

Sketch of Maud

c. 1871/1873

Pen and ink sketch of a hussar in a fur busby and braided jacket, hand on hip, holding a sabre.

Hussar (recto) Man with a Top Hat and Bandaged Head (verso)

1854/55

Sketch of an arched stage door with pedestrians, a balcony, a horse and carriage on a pale background.

Gaiety Stage Door

1879, published 1887

Sketch of a city building with arched windows and an ornate doorway, with pedestrians walking in the street below.

Victoria Club

1879, published 1887

Pencil sketch of a draped seated figure with loose folds of cloth on tan paper.

The draped figure, seated

1893

Etching of a riverside wharf with brick warehouses, moored boats, tall sailing ships, and a seated boy in the foreground.

Eagle Wharf (Tyzac, Whiteley & Co.). Plate 11 from Thames set

1859

Etching of a busy Venetian street with awnings, pedestrians on steps, a bell tower and a shop sign reading VENDITA.

The Rialto

1879

Untitled - James McNeill Whistler, 1890

1890

Etching of a wharf with timber sheds, moored rowboats, a sailing boat and three figures in caps in the foreground.

Stevens' Boat Yard

1859

Etching of a seated boy with crossed legs in front of a curtain, with a hat on the floor beside him.

Arthur Haden

1859

Etching of a seated figure in a cloak and hat, crossed by diagonal hatching, with a butterfly at upper right.

Portrait of a man

1860

Etching by James McNeill Whistler titled Jo, showing a face crossed by dense diagonal hatching on a cream sheet.

Jo

1861

Etching of a standing man in a long coat, drawn with loose diagonal hatching and sketchy lines on pale paper.

F. R. Leyland

1874/75

Etching of a beach with dunes and grass, crossed by bold diagonal lines under a lightly drawn sky.

The Beach, Hastings

1875/78

Etching of a windswept shoreline with diagonal strokes, bare trees at left and a small figure at lower right.

Speke Shore

1875

Etching of a shipbuilder's yard with a mast, a wooden hull, crossing rigging lines, and distant harbor buildings.

Shipbuilder's Yard, Liverpool

1875

Etching of masted sailing ships with rigging and a rowboat in a harbor, with a loosely sketched vessel at right.

A Sketch of Shipping

1859

Etching of a river with a riverside cityscape, chimneys and small boats, crossed by loose diagonal scratch marks.

Battersea: Early Morning

1875

Etching of rowboats and sailboats on a tidal shore with masts and a wooden shed under a windy sky.

Greenhithe

1877

Etching of moored sailing barges with tall masts beside riverside houses and a tree, drawn in loose, sketchy lines.

Lindsey Houses

1876/77

Etching of tall-masted ships and diagonal rigging at a quayside with buildings on the left and rowboats in the foreground.

Pickle Herring Wharf

1876/77

Etching of diagonal strokes suggesting steamboats above a misty river, with horizontal hatching for water on pale paper.

Steamboat Fleet, Chelsea

1875/77

Etching of a river with sailing barges, rowboats, riverside buildings and chimneys under a cloudy sky.

Battersea Reach

1863

Etching of a woman in bust view with bent head and hair covering her face, with loose hatched lines on cream paper.

Fumette's Bent Head

1859

Loose etched drawing of a woman seated in an armchair, built from feathery hatched lines, signed Whistler and dated 1861.

Lady in an armchair

1861

Sketch of Heads

1875

Etched portrait of a seated woman with loosely hatched lines for hair, dress and background, on a cream sheet.

Mrs Leyland, Sr.

1874/75

Etching of a distant Venetian skyline over a lagoon with small boats, overlaid by crossing diagonal scratches.

The Little Venice

1880

Etching of moored sailing barges and riverside houses with trees, crossed by loose diagonal lines, by James McNeill Whistler.

Lindsey Houses

1878

Etching of a village street with stone houses, a cart, figures and an arched doorway, by James McNeill Whistler.

Liverdun

1858

Etching of an arched bridge over a river with small boats and hazy buildings on the far bank.

London Bridge

1875

Etching of men seated in a tavern, one in a flat cap, with a tankard on the table and a child at right.

Longshoremen

1859

Etching of a shop front with figures playing marbles on the street, including crouching boys and a woman nearby.

Marbles

1886

Etching of an arched doorway with a recessed panel holding a faint figure, set against a hatched, softly toned wall.

Wool Carders

1879/80

Etching of a woman's bowed head at upper left, hair trailing down, on a large pale plate with handwritten inscriptions below.

Jo's Bent Head

1861

Etching of a bearded man in dark clothing playing a guitar, rendered in loose, sketchy hatched lines.

The Guitar Player (M.W. Ridley)

1874/1875

Seymour Haden, Jr, Seated

1857/58

Etching of a stooping woman in a draped dress holding a small child, with loose hatched lines and an open background.

Cameo, No. 2

1891

Etching of a standing woman in a flowing robe with tilted head, set against cross-hatched dark background lines.

Model Resting

1870

Etching of a seated mother in a draped gown leaning toward a child, with loose hatched lines on a pale sheet.

Cameo, No. 1 (Mother and Child)

1891

Etching of a seated figure in a hat and long skirt, crossed by loose diagonal lines, with a butterfly and shoes below.

Mr. Mann

1860

The Velvet Dress (Mrs Leyland)

1873/74

Etching of a seated woman under a fringed parasol in a grassy field, with a basket beside her and a striped shawl.

En plein soleil. From The French set

1858