James Abbott McNeill Whistler was an American artist active during the American Gilded Age and based primarily in the United Kingdom. Whistler was born on July 11, 1834, in Lowell. During his formative years in Paris in the 1850s, Whistler was influenced by the injunctions of the poet and theorist Charles Baudelaire that artists should take subjects from modern life and seek a new beauty in the teeming cities. Whistler's first major suite of prints, his French Set brought critical acclaim but disappointing sales. Seeking more generous patrons, he moved to London in 1859. Initially, under the influence of his brother-in-law Francis Seymour Haden, a pioneer of the etching revival, he began a series of superbly observed and finely detailed views of the River Thames with its shipping, thriving wharves and picturesque characters. In his Thames Set etchings, Whistler often introduced the figures of workmen, boatmen or loungers in the foregrounds. Whistler died on July 17, 1903, in London.
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READING BY LAMPLIGHT
By James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Located in Portland, ME
Whistler, James A. M. READING BY LAMPLIGHT. Etching and drypoint, 1859. Glascow 37, W.25, K.32. Third state of three, with the revisions to the sitter's facial expression and the dar...
Drypoint, Etching
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...
Laid Paper, Drypoint, Etching
Becquet
By James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Located in Plano, TX
J. Becquet, Sculptor (The Fiddler). 1859. Drypoint. Kennedy 52 state iv; Glasgow 62. state i. 10 1/8 x 7 1/2 (sheet 15 5/16 x 9 3/4). Series: "Sixteen Etchings or Scenes on the Thame...
Drypoint, Etching
THE FORGE - Rich Drypoint
By James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Located in Santa Monica, CA
JAMES ABBOTT MCNEIL WHISTLER (1834 – 1903) THE FORGE 1866 (Kennedy. 68 iv/vi: Glascow 86 vi/vi) Etching and drypoint. Signed and dated in the plate 1866. VERY GOOD IMPRESSION WITH...
Drypoint
$9,700
H 18 in W 15.75 in D 1.75 in
La Vieille Aux Loques Etching on Laid Paper, American Realist, 1858
By James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Located in Naples, Florida
Etching in black ink on laid paper Printer: Delâtre, Paris La Vieille Aux Loques represents an elderly woman seated and wrapped in worn clothing,...
Laid Paper, Etching
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 plate lower left]. Reference: Glasgow 209, third state (of 3), Kennedy 216, third state (of 3); Lochnan 231, 4 7/8 x 7 7/8 inches. A fine impression with very little plate tone, and printed with extraordinary attention to the etching and drypoint details. The printed butterfly, usually only barely visible, is clearly defined in this impression (see detail below). Kennedy mades special note that an impression like this, with the clearly visible butterfly, was in the collection of John H. Wrenn. On a commission from the Fine Arts Society, Whistler created the plates of his Venice series...
Drypoint, Etching
OLD WESTMINSTER BRIDGE
By James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Located in Portland, ME
Whistler, James A. M. OLD WESTMINSTER BRIDGE. Etching and Drypoint, 1859. Glascow 47,Kennedy 39 .Third State of four. Printed on thin laid paper with watermark (Pro Patria?). The dry...
Etching
$1,634
H 13.98 in W 9.06 in D 0.04 in
Annie Etching, Post-Impressionist Style, Signed, Circa 1850-1859
By James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Located in Roma, IT
Signed 'Whistler' lower left, titled 'Annie', center, and annotated 'Imp. Delâtre Rue St. Jacques. 171' in the plate lower right. From the portfolio: "Douze Eaux-Fortes d'après Natur...
Etching
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