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National Gallery of Art

25,761 works

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_

James McNeill Whistler, 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

James McNeill Whistler, 1859

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

Annie Haden

James McNeill Whistler, 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

James McNeill Whistler, 1859

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

Ross Winans

James McNeill Whistler, 1861

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

Speke Hall, No.1

James McNeill Whistler, 1870

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

Draped Model

James McNeill Whistler, 1870

The Muff

James McNeill Whistler, c. 1873

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

The Boy

James McNeill Whistler, c. 1873/1875

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

The Guitar Player

James McNeill Whistler, 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

James McNeill Whistler, 1875

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

Two Ships

James McNeill Whistler, 1875

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

Steamboats off the Tower

James McNeill Whistler, 1875

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

Price's Candle-Works

James McNeill Whistler, c. 1875

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

Battersea: Dawn

James McNeill Whistler, 1875

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

Fishing Boats, Hastings

James McNeill Whistler, 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

James McNeill Whistler, 1877

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

Little Smithfield

James McNeill Whistler, c. 1877

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

Temple Bar

James McNeill Whistler, c. 1877

Lord Wolseley

James McNeill Whistler, 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

James McNeill Whistler, 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

James McNeill Whistler, 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

James McNeill Whistler, 1879

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

Little Venice

James McNeill Whistler, 1880

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

Nocturne

James McNeill Whistler, 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

James McNeill Whistler, 1879/1880

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

Two Doorways

James McNeill Whistler, c. 1879/1880

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

The Bridge

James McNeill Whistler, 1879/1880

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

Wheelwright

James McNeill Whistler, 1879/1880

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

Regent's Quadrant

James McNeill Whistler, 1880/1881