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13,151 works

Etching of a woman reading a book by a window, with a slipper lying on the floor beside her.

The Slipper

James McNeill Whistler, 1859

Etching of a young boy in a cap standing beside a large tree trunk in a woodland clearing, looking upward.

Seymour

James McNeill Whistler, 1858/59

Woman's Head

Jozef Israëls, 1844

Etching of a river bank with a swan, an iris flower and leaves in the foreground, and poplar trees across the water.

Sketch after Cecil Lawson's "Swan and Iris"

James McNeill Whistler, 1882

Engraving of Morning by Philipp Otto Runge: a central lily stem with cherubs, musician putti on arching stems, clouds, and a

Morning

Philipp Otto Runge, 1803/05

Etching of a barber shop storefront with a Shaving and Shampooing sign, women and a small boy standing outside.

Shaving and Shampooing

James McNeill Whistler, 1888

Etching of a woman in a headscarf holding a dish beside a draped table with bread in a dim interior.

Meal for a Convalescent

Jules de Goncourt, 1862

Etched head-and-shoulders portrait of a bearded man with a dark high collar, gazing upward, on cream paper.

Portrait of Fantin-Latour

Félix Bracquemond, 1853

Etching of a crowded city street under heavy arches, with a boy in the foreground and pedestrians near shop fronts.

Clothes-Exchange, Houndsditch, No. 2

James McNeill Whistler, 1887

Etching of a vaulted prison interior with two lions, pulleys, scaffolding and small figures among towering arches.

The Lion Bas-Reliefs, plate 5 from Imaginary Prisons

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1761

Etching of a young girl in a wide-brimmed hat and ruffled dress, with two small children sketched beside her.

The Little Nurse, Grays Inn

James McNeill Whistler, 1887

Etching of vaulted prison-like halls with scaffolding, cranes, and smoke rising in the center, with tiny figures.

The Smoking Fire, plate 6 from Imaginary Prisons

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1761

Etching of a seated woman in a fur tippet and feathered hat, drawn with loose hatched lines.

The Fur Tippet: Miss Lenoir

James McNeill Whistler, 1887

Etching of a nude woman stooping forward with hands on the ground, sketched loosely beside a tree trunk.

Model Stooping

James McNeill Whistler, 1887/88

Etching of a vast imaginary prison interior with a drawbridge, staircases, arched galleries, ropes, and small figures.

The Drawbridge, plate 7 from Imaginary Prisons

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1761

Etching of a vast vaulted prison interior with a grand staircase, wooden walkways, hanging cloth, and small figures below.

The Staircase with Trophies, plate 8 from Imaginary Prisons

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1761

Sketched lithograph of a woman in a dark fur wrap leaning forward on a tan background, by James McNeill Whistler.

La Belle Dame paresseuse

James McNeill Whistler, 1894

Etching of a giant wheel and stone blocks in a vaulted prison space, with small figures atop the masonry.

The Giant Wheel, plate 9 from Imaginary Prisons

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1761

Etching of a narrow Brussels street with tall buildings, a shop window, and small figures of pedestrians and children.

Petite Rue au Beurre, Brussels

James McNeill Whistler, 1887

Etching of a courtyard with a tree, inn building, lamp, and chickens pecking on the ground, with a figure at right.

Hôtel de la Croix Blanche

James McNeill Whistler, 1888

Lithograph of a sleeping woman in a long dress reclining in a chair, sketched in loose gray lines.

La Belle Dame endormie

James McNeill Whistler, 1894

Pencil sketch of a standing woman in a headwrap, draped in flowing cloth that spreads out to either side.

Figure Study

James McNeill Whistler, 1894

Pencil sketch of a man standing barefoot with arms raised to his head, beside a chair, on cream paper.

Study

James McNeill Whistler, 1894

Sketch of a curved theatre facade with a horse-drawn cart and pedestrians on the street in the foreground.

Back of the Gaiety Theatre

James McNeill Whistler, 1895

Loose pencil sketch of a seated man in a headscarf holding a cup, with dark shading behind him on pale paper.

The Master Smith

James McNeill Whistler, 1895

Loose lithograph sketch of two men seated in a dim interior, drawn in soft crayon shading on pale paper.

The Strong Arm

James McNeill Whistler, 1895

Loose lithograph of a seated man with a mustache in a dark coat, hands resting on his lap, in an armchair.

Portrait of Dr. Whistler, No. 2

James McNeill Whistler, 1894

Sketches of Miss Philip and Mr. A. Studd

James McNeill Whistler, 1895

Red chalk and ink sketch of a seated Virgin and Child, a baptism scene, and standing male figures with angels.

Sketches: Virgin and Child; Virgin and Child with Two Saints; Saint Baptizing Kneeling Figure

Giovanni Baglione, n.d.

Loose pencil sketch of a bearded man in a jacket, head turned, on a pale peach paper ground.

Stephane Mallarmé, No. 2

James McNeill Whistler, 1892