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The Bridge, Santa Maria

The Bridge, Santa Maria

By James Abbott McNeill Whistler

Located in New York, NY

James Whistler (1834-1903), The Bridge, Santa Marta, 1879-80, etching with drypoint, printed in sepia on fine laid paper.

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1870s Impressionist Antique Whistles

Materials

Drypoint, Etching

Gabled Roofs

Gabled Roofs

By James Abbott McNeill Whistler

Located in New York, NY

James Abbot McNeill Whistler (1834-1903), Gabled Roofs, lithograph, 1893.

Category

1890s Impressionist Antique Whistles

Materials

Lithograph

Lagoon: Noon

Lagoon: Noon

By James Abbott McNeill Whistler

Located in New York, NY

James McNeill Whistler (1830-1903), Lagoon: Noon, etching and drypoint, 1879-1880, signed with the butterfly and inscribed “imp” on the tab [also signed with the butterfly in the pla...

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1870s Impressionist Antique Whistles

Materials

Drypoint, Etching

The Little Mast

The Little Mast

By James Abbott McNeill Whistler

Located in New York, NY

James Whistler (1834-1903), The Little Mast, etching, drypoint and burnishing, 1879-80, signed in pencil with the early shaded butterfly lower left and annotated “imp”.

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1870s Impressionist Antique Whistles

Materials

Etching

Bridge, Amsterdam

Bridge, Amsterdam

By James Abbott McNeill Whistler

Located in New York, NY

James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903), Bridge, Amsterdam, etching, 1889, printed in brown ink on thin laid paper, signed with the butterfly on the tab and annotated “imp”, also signed w...

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1880s Impressionist Antique Whistles

Materials

Etching

AFTERNOON TEA
AFTERNOON TEA

AFTERNOON TEA

By James Abbott McNeill Whistler

Located in Portland, ME

Whistler, James A. M. AFTERNOON TEA. Way 147, Levy 114, TS&S 173.

Category

1890s Antique Whistles

Materials

Lithograph

J.H. Woods’ Fruit Shop, Chelsea

J.H. Woods’ Fruit Shop, Chelsea

By James Abbott McNeill Whistler

Located in New York, NY

James Whistler (1834-1903), J.H. Woods’ Fruit Shop, Chelsea, etching and drypoint, 1887-88.

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1880s Impressionist Antique Whistles

Materials

Drypoint, Etching

Limehouse

Limehouse

By James Abbott McNeill Whistler

Located in New York, NY

James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903), Limehouse, etching, 1859. References: Glasgow 48, fifth state (of 6), Kennedy 40, third state (of 3), signed with the butterfly in pencil in the l...

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1850s Realist Antique Whistles

Materials

Etching

Drury Lane
Drury Lane

Drury Lane

By James Abbott McNeill Whistler

Located in New York, NY

James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834-1903), DRURY LANE, etching, 1880-81, signed with the butterfly and inscribed imp in pencil [also with the butterfly upper right in the plate], on...

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Late 19th Century Realist Antique Whistles

Materials

Etching

The Forge
The Forge

The Forge

By James Abbott McNeill Whistler

Located in Fairlawn, OH

The Forge Drypoint, 1861 Signed in the plate lower right (see photo) Published as part of the Thames Set, 1871 Printed between 1894 and 1896 when the plate was canceled. This impress...

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1860s Impressionist Antique Whistles

Materials

Drypoint

The Rialto
The Rialto

The Rialto

By James Abbott McNeill Whistler

Located in New York, NY

A superb, richly-inked impression of this etching and drypoint, printed in dark brownish black on antique cream laid paper. Second state (of 3). Edition of approximately 30. Signed w...

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Late 19th Century American Impressionist Antique Whistles

Materials

Drypoint, Etching

Billingsgate
Billingsgate

Billingsgate

By James Abbott McNeill Whistler

Located in Middletown, NY

Etching printed in dark brownish black ink on cream laid paper, 6 x 8 7/8 inches (152 x 226 mm); full margins. Extremely minor and unobtrusive band of toning along the top sheet edg...

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Mid-19th Century Impressionist Antique Whistles

Materials

Laid Paper, Drypoint, Etching

Florence Leyland
Florence Leyland

Florence Leyland

By James Abbott McNeill Whistler

Located in New York, NY

A very good impression of this extremely scarce drypoint. MacDonald's eleventh state "b" (of 11b), restored after cancellation. Sheet size - 12" x 8.75". Catalogue reference: Kenned...

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1870s Impressionist Antique Whistles

Materials

Drypoint

"The Sun-Cloud" printed in 1905
"The Sun-Cloud" printed in 1905

"The Sun-Cloud" printed in 1905

Located in Henderson, NV

Medium: offset lithograph (after the painting). Published in London by The Studio in 1905 for a rare deluxe portfolio. Printed on smooth wove paper, the image measures 4 1/2 x 8 inch...

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Early 1900s Antique Whistles

Materials

Offset

"The Convalescent" printed in 1905
"The Convalescent" printed in 1905

"The Convalescent" printed in 1905

Located in Henderson, NV

Medium: offset lithograph (after the watercolor). Published in London by The Studio in 1905 for a rare deluxe portfolio. Printed on smooth wove paper, the image measures 7 3/4 x 5 1/...

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Early 1900s Antique Whistles

Materials

Offset

"The Sweet Shop" printed in 1905
"The Sweet Shop" printed in 1905

"The Sweet Shop" printed in 1905

Located in Henderson, NV

Medium: offset lithograph (after the painting). Published in London by The Studio in 1905 for a rare deluxe portfolio. Printed on smooth wove paper, the image measures 4 1/4 x 8 inch...

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Early 1900s Antique Whistles

Materials

Offset

Nocturne of The City From The River, circa 1900 European School
Nocturne of The City From The River, circa 1900 European School

Nocturne of The City From The River, circa 1900 European School

Located in Liphook, GB

Early moonlit scene of an unidentified city with similarities in the nocturnes of Whistler and Greaves. Presented in a impressionist Montparnasse style frame. unsigned Measurements ...

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19th Century Antique Whistles

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Turn Of the 20th Century Adjustable Printers " Turtle" Table
Turn Of the 20th Century Adjustable Printers " Turtle" Table

Turn Of the 20th Century Adjustable Printers " Turtle" Table

Located in Asbury Park, NJ

This one has all of the bells and whistles. Incredible patina, an adjustable top, the best casters I've seen on one of these. its an outstanding example and is ready to add strong st...

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Early 1900s Antique Whistles

Materials

Cut Steel

Victor Szczeblewski (Polish 1859-1901), "Mousse Siffleur" Marble Sculpture
Victor Szczeblewski (Polish 1859-1901), "Mousse Siffleur" Marble Sculpture

Victor Szczeblewski (Polish 1859-1901), "Mousse Siffleur" Marble Sculpture

Located in Atlanta, GA

A finely carved marble figure of Mousse Siffleur, also known as The Whistling Boy or The Whistling Ship’s Boy, after Victor Szczeblewski (Polish, 1859-1901).

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19th Century Polish Belle Époque Antique Whistles

Materials

Marble

Venice, Riva, Ships, Published by Dunthorne, Frank Duveneck, 1880
Venice, Riva, Ships, Published by Dunthorne, Frank Duveneck, 1880

Venice, Riva, Ships, Published by Dunthorne, Frank Duveneck, 1880

By Frank Duveneck

Located in Fairlawn, OH

Indeed, Duveneck’s Venetian prints were reportedly mistaken for works by Whistler when exhibited in London—a confusion that irritated Whistler but testifies to their immediate associ...

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1880s Antique Whistles

Materials

Etching

Albert Ludovici - Speakers' Corner, Hyde Park, London
Albert Ludovici - Speakers' Corner, Hyde Park, London

Albert Ludovici - Speakers' Corner, Hyde Park, London

By Albert Ludovici Jr.

Located in London, GB

He became associated with a group of avant-garde artists who were much influence by the work of Whistler. A regular exhibitor at the Royal Academy and Royal Society of British Paint...

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Early 20th Century Realist Antique Whistles

Materials

Watercolor

DAWN, THE CAMEL PATROL SETTING OUT
DAWN, THE CAMEL PATROL SETTING OUT

DAWN, THE CAMEL PATROL SETTING OUT

By James McBey

Located in Portland, ME

This work is one the iconic images of the modern etching revival, which began in France in the 19th Century, reached its apogee with Whistler and continued into the 20th Century. So ...

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1910s Antique Whistles

Materials

Drypoint, Etching

“Young Woman with Pink Hat”
“Young Woman with Pink Hat”

“Young Woman with Pink Hat”

Located in Southampton, NY

EDUCATION: Chicago Art Institute 1889, Academie Julian, Paris, with William Bouguereau, Robert Fleury and later James Whistler Art Students League as a student of William Merritt Cha...

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1920s Post-Impressionist Antique Whistles

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Cafe des Exiles & Madame Delphines Cottage
Cafe des Exiles & Madame Delphines Cottage

Cafe des Exiles & Madame Delphines Cottage

By Joseph Pennell

Located in North Clarendon, VT

He transformed the perception of commercial printmaking into a celebrated fine art.Influenced deeply by his close friend James McNeill Whistler, Pennell developed a style defined by ...

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1890s American Impressionist Antique Whistles

Materials

Gouache, Carbon Pencil

John R. Harvey British Rural Landscape Oil Painting with Shire Horses
John R. Harvey British Rural Landscape Oil Painting with Shire Horses

John R. Harvey British Rural Landscape Oil Painting with Shire Horses

Located in Nottingham, GB

Throughout his career he exhibited widely, including at the Royal Academy in London, the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists, Liverpool, and the prestigious New English Art Club, who...

Category

Late 19th Century Antique Whistles

Materials

Paint

Alfred Stevens - Le Treport, Moonlit Marine, 19th Century Belgian Oil c.1885
Alfred Stevens - Le Treport, Moonlit Marine, 19th Century Belgian Oil c.1885

Alfred Stevens - Le Treport, Moonlit Marine, 19th Century Belgian Oil c.1885

By Alfred Émile Léopold Stevens

Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire

The whole picture is built on one collision — the cold silver of the moon against the earthy dark of the cloud — and it belongs to the group of nocturnal marines Stevens painted in t...

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1880s Impressionist Antique Whistles

Materials

Oil

Original Vintage Magazine Cover Poster Western Electric News Art Deco New York
Original Vintage Magazine Cover Poster Western Electric News Art Deco New York

Original Vintage Magazine Cover Poster Western Electric News Art Deco New York

Located in London, GB

Original vintage magazine cover poster for Western Electric News featuring a colourful Art Deco design by the American graphic artist and illustrator Gertrude Nott Welling (1896-1937...

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1920s American Art Deco Antique Whistles

Materials

Paper

Lady in White, Impressionist Portrait Study
Lady in White, Impressionist Portrait Study

Lady in White, Impressionist Portrait Study

Located in Genève, GE

impressionist portrait, lady in white painting, belle epoque portrait, elegant female portrait, tonalism painting, atmospheric portrait art, society portrait painting, impressionist ...

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Early 20th Century Impressionist Antique Whistles

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

The Piano Recital - Impressionist Figurative Interior Oil by Frederick Frieseke
The Piano Recital - Impressionist Figurative Interior Oil by Frederick Frieseke

The Piano Recital - Impressionist Figurative Interior Oil by Frederick Frieseke

By Frederick Carl Frieseke

Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire

In 1888, he went to the Académie Julian in Paris, where he worked under Benjamin-Constant and Jean-Paul Laurens, also receiving advice from Whistler. In Paris, he also became acquain...

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1920s American Impressionist Antique Whistles

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Utagawa Hiroshige Kanbara in Snow from 53 Stages of Tokaido
Utagawa Hiroshige Kanbara in Snow from 53 Stages of Tokaido

Utagawa Hiroshige Kanbara in Snow from 53 Stages of Tokaido

Located in Norton, MA

He died in 1858, 10 years before Monet, Van Gogh, Whistler, and a host of Impressionist painters became eager collectors of Japanese art.

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1830s Japanese Antique Whistles

Materials

Paper

Vérité (Truth) /// Henri Fantin-Latour Modern Impressionist Nude Figurative Art
Vérité (Truth) /// Henri Fantin-Latour Modern Impressionist Nude Figurative Art

Vérité (Truth) /// Henri Fantin-Latour Modern Impressionist Nude Figurative Art

By Henri Fantin-Latour

Located in Saint Augustine, FL

Fantin-Latour’s flower paintings were particularly appreciated in England, where, through James McNeill Whistler and Sir John Everett Millais, Fantin-Latour found a patron in Edwin E...

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Early 1900s Impressionist Antique Whistles

Materials

Lithograph, Chine Colle

Anthropomorphic idol. Mezcala, State of Guerrero, Mexico. 350-100 BC. 20 cm.
Anthropomorphic idol. Mezcala, State of Guerrero, Mexico. 350-100 BC. 20 cm.

Anthropomorphic idol. Mezcala, State of Guerrero, Mexico. 350-100 BC. 20 cm.

Located in BARCELONA, ES

The Olmec tradition, represented by a much smaller corpus of pieces than the two previous ones, includes figures in various positions, masks, bird-shaped whistles, pectorals, spoon-s...

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15th Century and Earlier Mexican Pre-Columbian Antique Whistles

Materials

Stone

Crashing Waves antique 19th century oil painting on canvas by Sir Frank Brangwyn
Crashing Waves antique 19th century oil painting on canvas by Sir Frank Brangwyn

Crashing Waves antique 19th century oil painting on canvas by Sir Frank Brangwyn

By Sir Frank Brangwyn

Located in St. Albans, GB

He was invited to become a guest member of the Vienna Secession and was invited along with other foreign artists, such as Auguste Rodin and James Whistler, to exhibit in their first ...

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1890s Impressionist Antique Whistles

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Meiji Period Bronze of a Cricket Catcher
Meiji Period Bronze of a Cricket Catcher

Meiji Period Bronze of a Cricket Catcher

Located in Lymington, Hampshire

A Meiji period bronze of a cricket catcher, shown holding a whistle to his mouth with his left hand and a long rod in his right hand, wearing traditional clothing with a wide-brimmed...

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19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Whistles

Materials

Bronze

Galleons at sea antique 19th century oil painting on panel by Sir Frank Brangwyn
Galleons at sea antique 19th century oil painting on panel by Sir Frank Brangwyn

Galleons at sea antique 19th century oil painting on panel by Sir Frank Brangwyn

By Sir Frank Brangwyn

Located in St. Albans, GB

He was invited to become a guest member of the Vienna Secession and was invited along with other foreign artists, such as Auguste Rodin and James Whistler, to exhibit in their first ...

Category

1890s Impressionist Antique Whistles

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Manhattan, Industry, Coal, 1911, Earl Horter
Manhattan, Industry, Coal, 1911, Earl Horter

Manhattan, Industry, Coal, 1911, Earl Horter

By Earl Horter

Located in Fairlawn, OH

Lauder Research Center Horter’s principal artistic precedents included James McNeill Whistler, Charles Meryon, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, and his American contemporary Joseph Pennell.

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1910s American Realist Antique Whistles

Materials

Etching

Chinatown, New York, 1914, original drawing, Earl Horter
Chinatown, New York, 1914, original drawing, Earl Horter

Chinatown, New York, 1914, original drawing, Earl Horter

By Earl Horter

Located in Fairlawn, OH

Lauder Research Center Horter’s principal artistic precedents included James McNeill Whistler, Charles Meryon, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, and his American contemporary Joseph Pennell.

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1910s American Realist Antique Whistles

Materials

Graphite

"A Bit of Stonington" John Marin, American Modernism, Maine Landscape
"A Bit of Stonington" John Marin, American Modernism, Maine Landscape

"A Bit of Stonington" John Marin, American Modernism, Maine Landscape

By John Marin

Located in New York, NY

The works Marin created in Europe most strongly reflect the influence of James McNeill Whistler, especially the pastels he rendered in Venice.

Category

1920s American Modern Antique Whistles

Materials

Paper, Charcoal, Watercolor

Chinoiserie to Art Deco to Art Nouveau Pendant Lights Hand Painted Avian a Pair
Chinoiserie to Art Deco to Art Nouveau Pendant Lights Hand Painted Avian a Pair

Chinoiserie to Art Deco to Art Nouveau Pendant Lights Hand Painted Avian a Pair

Located in Topeka, KS

You’ve got that right!!! (Insert Whistle!!!) This is a pair of fantastic vintage hardwired pendant lights composed of frosted glass globes bearing lovely, intricately hand painted av...

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Early 20th Century Chinoiserie Antique Whistles

Materials

Metal

VENICE, by Mortimer and Dorothy MENPES – 1906, illustrated
VENICE, by Mortimer and Dorothy MENPES – 1906, illustrated

VENICE, by Mortimer and Dorothy MENPES – 1906, illustrated

Located in Middletown, NY

It is accompanied by a text written by his daughter, Dorothy Menpes, who was Whistler's godchild. Condition: Near Fine.

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Early 20th Century English Antique Whistles

Materials

Gold Leaf

Moonlight and Mist
Moonlight and Mist

Moonlight and Mist

By Eliot Clark

Located in Greenville, DE

Many of his paintings show the influence of his association with James Whistler and family friend John Twachtman. He wrote a book about his association with Twachtman, Theodore Robin...

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Early 20th Century Impressionist Antique Whistles

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Bermuda Landscape
Bermuda Landscape

Bermuda Landscape

By Will Howe Foote

Located in Wilton Manors, FL

Laurens and Constant, 1897-1900; also with Whistler in Paris. Exhibited: Pan-Am. Expo, Buffalo, 1901 (prize); St.

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Late 19th Century Realist Antique Whistles

Materials

Oil, Cardboard

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Antique Whistles For Sale on 1stDibs

There is a broad range of antique whistles for sale on 1stDibs. Browse a selection of Impressionist, Modern or Photorealist versions of these works for sale today — there are 57 Impressionist, 19 Modern, 3 Post-Impressionist, 1 Old Masters and 1 Photorealist examples available. These items have long been popular, with older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. Adding a colorful piece of art to a room that is mostly decorated in warm neutral tones can yield a welcome change — see the antique whistles on 1stDibs that include elements of beige, gray, brown, white and more. James Abbott McNeill Whistler, James Abbott McNeill Whistler (circle), Mortimer Menpes, Auguste Brouet and Walter Greaves took a thoughtful approach to this subject that are worth considering. Each of these unique pieces was handmade with extraordinary care, with artists most often working in etching, lithograph and engraving.

How Much are Antique Whistles?

Prices for pieces in our collection of antique whistles start at $75 and top out at $125,000 with the average selling for $2,500.