James Abbott McNeill Whistler Figurative Prints
American, 1834-1903
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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Artist: James Abbott McNeill Whistler
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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Rue Furstenberg
By James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Located in Storrs, CT
Rue Furstenberg. 1894. Lithograph. Way 59; Levy 90; Tedeschi, Stratis and Spink catalog 97. Only state. 8 7/8 x 6 1/4 (sheet 14 1/4 x 8 7/8). A fine ...
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Reading
By James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Reading
Lithograph, 1879 and 1887
Signed in the stone with the Butterfly (see photo)
A proof laid paper printed before the edition of 100 impressions printed for Art Notes
Watermark:...
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1870s American Impressionist James Abbott McNeill Whistler Figurative Prints
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The Fair
By James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Located in Storrs, CT
The Fair. 1895-96. Lithograph. Way 92, Levy 144, Tedeschi, Stratis and Spink 135 state ii. Image 9 1/4 x 6 1/2 (sheet 13 x 9 5/8). A fine impression printed on antique cream-laid paper. Way lists 15-lifetime impressions (Goulding printed...
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Late 19th Century American Modern James Abbott McNeill Whistler Figurative Prints
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Becquet
By James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Located in Storrs, CT
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...
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Mid-19th Century American Impressionist James Abbott McNeill Whistler Figurative Prints
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Drypoint, Etching
Venus
By James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Located in New York, NY
A brilliant, richly-inked impression of this etching and drypoint printed in dark brownish black on antique cream laid paper with very strong contrasts....
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Lindsey Row, Chelsea
By James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Located in Storrs, CT
Lindsey Row, Chelsea. 1888. Lithograph. Way 20; Levy 33; Tedeschi, Stratis and Spink 23. 5 x 8. Edition of 56 posthumous impressions printed by Goulding, in addition to the 14 lifet...
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Late 19th Century American Modern James Abbott McNeill Whistler Figurative Prints
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"C.L. Drouet, Sculptor" by Whistler
By James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Located in Hinsdale, IL
Title: C. L. Drouet, Sculptor
Artist: James McNeill Whistler (American, Lowell, Massachusetts 1834–1903 London)
Sitter: Charles L. Drouet (French, 1836–1908)
Date: 1859
Medium: Etchi...
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1850s Realist James Abbott McNeill Whistler Figurative Prints
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Tête-à-Tête in the Garden
By James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Located in Storrs, CT
Tête-à-Tête in the Garden. 1894. Lithograph. Way 54, Levy 85, Tedeschi, Stratis and Spink 90. 8 x 6 1/2(sheet 10 7/8 x 8 1/2). Edition of 25-lifetime impressions plus a few proofs re...
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THE SMITH’S YARD
By James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Located in Santa Monica, CA
JAMES ABBOTT MCNEIL WHISTLER (1834 – 1903)
THE SMITH’S YARD 1895 (Spink, Stratis & Tedeschi 124)
lithograph, 1895, on wove paper, from the edition of 3000, published by
The Inter...
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1890s Impressionist James Abbott McNeill Whistler Figurative Prints
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Chelsea Rags
By James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Located in Storrs, CT
Chelsea Rags.
Chelsea Rags. 1888. Lithograph. Way 22, Levy 35, Tedeschi, Stratis and Spink 26. 7 1/8 x 6 5/16 (sheet 12 3/4 x 8). Printed on cream laid paper. Provenance: Miss Rosalind Birnie Philip, Whistler's sister-in-law, her seal verso: (Lugt 405). Michael Parkin Fine Art, Ltd. from whom purchased in 1972. Christie's, King Street.Signed with the butterfly in the image. One of 13 impressions listed by Way, before the image was transferred to supplementary stones for the edition of 500-1,000 printed by Way and issued in the Albemarle, January, 1892. Signed with the butterfly in the stone and in pencil. Housed in an elegant silk mat with a silver liner, and in a 16 3/4 x 14 3/4-inch silver leaf frame decorated with fleur-de-lis decorations.
"And his interest in London has not been restricted to the Thames. Seeing the beautiful, where other men might be discouraged by dullness, he has taken his subject, now in the little cheap shop opening a low window upon the street, now in the forgotten church hidden away in a lonely square. And Chelsea Rags, the Shops of Chelsea, the Drury Lane, as well as The Butcher's Dog, are impressions of vague Rembrandtesque interiors where figures, grim or graceful, peer from out deep shadows— shops as lovely in his prints as the halls of a Veronese, or the palaces of a Claude." Elizabeth Robins...
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Late 19th Century American Modern James Abbott McNeill Whistler Figurative Prints
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Lithograph
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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...
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Late 19th Century Impressionist James Abbott McNeill Whistler Figurative Prints
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Drypoint
Gants de Suede
By James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Gants de Suede (Suede Gloves)
Lithograph, 1890
Signed in the stone with the butterfly signature (see photo)
Published in: The Studio 3, No. 13 (16 April 1894)
Printed by Way in an ed...
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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 James Abbott McNeill Whistler Figurative Prints
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Drypoint
The Master Smith
By James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Located in Storrs, CT
The Master Smith. 1895. Lithograph. Way 84; Levy 123; Tedeschi, Stratis and Spink 120.i/ii. 4 1/2 x 5 1/2 (sheet 76 x 5 3/8). Only 15 lifetime impressions (in 2 states) were listed by Way; Goulding printed 38 impressions on 14 December 1903. The stone was erased in 1903. Printed on cream wove proofing paper. Monogrammed with the butterfly in the stone. A fine impression of this extremely rare lithograph.
Tedeschi, Stratis, and Spink write, page 366: As originally transferred to stone, the image includes trial marks made with a pointed crayon to the left of the sitter's shoulder. There is also a smudge at lower right below the image and a small stry mark upper right. Only one impression of this state has been located. Now in the Britigh Museum, London, it once belonged to Thomas Way and is illustrated in the Levy (1975) catalogue.' The impression illustrated above lacks the stray mark on the right, as the sheet is too small to accommodate it.
Tedeschi, Stratis and Spink write, page 366: 'This portrait of George Govier, was drawn ad the master smith conversed with the artist during a break from his work. Govier was born in Lyme Regis...
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Late 19th Century Impressionist James Abbott McNeill Whistler Figurative Prints
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The Rag Gatherers - Original Etching by J.A. Whistler - 1858
By James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Located in Roma, IT
Signed and dated on plate.
An early state on the 5 issued, with very fresh impression and marked contrasts,
Includes passepartout (cm. 53x37).
The American artist James Abbott McNei...
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1850s Post-Impressionist James Abbott McNeill Whistler Figurative Prints
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Etching
James Abbott McNeill Whistler: Firelight: Joseph Pennell, No.1
By James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Located in Soquel, CA
Portrait of the Artist Joseph Pennell a lithograph by James Abbott McNeill Whistler (American, 1834 - 1903). This portrait, one of 3 Whistler did of Joseph Pennell, was done in 1896 ...
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Late 19th Century Realist James Abbott McNeill Whistler Figurative Prints
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Victoria Club
By James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Located in Storrs, CT
Victoria Club. 1879 and 1887. Lithograph. Way catalog 11 state ii; Levy catalog 22; Tedeschi, Stratis and Spink catalog number 15 state ii. 8 x 5 3/8 (sheet 16 5/8 x 12 1/16). A ri...
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Late 19th Century American Modern James Abbott McNeill Whistler Figurative Prints
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Lithograph
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AFTERNOON TEA
By James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Located in Portland, ME
Whistler, James A. M. AFTERNOON TEA. Way 147, Levy 114, TS&S 173. Lithograph, 1897. The only State, printed by Clot in an edition of 100, and published b...
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1890s James Abbott McNeill Whistler Figurative Prints
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Lithograph
Alderney Street - Etching by J.A. Whistler - 1881
By James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Located in Roma, IT
Not signed. Edition of the "Gazette des Beaux-Arts" .The American artist James Abbott McNeill Whistler can be considered a forerunner of the Post-Impressionist movement.
Very good co...
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1880s James Abbott McNeill Whistler Figurative Prints
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Etching
The Beggars
By James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Located in New York, NY
James Whistler (1834-1903), The Beggars, etching and drypoint, 1879-80, signed with the butterfly and inscribed “imp”. Reference: Glasgow 190, seventh sta...
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1870s Impressionist James Abbott McNeill Whistler Figurative Prints
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Drypoint, Etching
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 upp...
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Late 19th Century Realist James Abbott McNeill Whistler Figurative Prints
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19th century black and white etching indoors figures child doorway table
By James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"The Rag Gatherers" is an original etching on zinc plate by J. A. M. Whistler. The artist signed and dated the piece in the plate. It features a scene...
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James Abbott McNeill Whistler 1834 - 1903
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G70; Kennedy 66; M. 66; T.41; W.60
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Born in Lowell, Massachusetts, James Whistler became one of the most influential late 19th-century American painters and etchers, although he lived primarily in England. He worked in a wide variety of styles that included Impressionism, Symbolism, and Art Nouveau. He was especially influential in the Tonalist movement and was a catalyst for those who wanted to break away from prescribed academic methods, credited with being the first American modernist to influence European art.
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By James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Located in London, GB
JAMES ABBOTT McNEILL WHISTLER
(1834-1903)
Little Arthur
Signed in the plate
Etching
Framed
Plate size 6 by 5 cm., 2 ¼ by 2 in.
(frame size 24.5 by 22....
Category
Mid-19th Century American Realist James Abbott McNeill Whistler Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
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- 1stDibs ExpertMarch 22, 2022James Abbott McNeill Whistler is known for his work as a painter. His nighttime scenes of London and his full-length portraits are particularly acclaimed. He also produced etchings and lithographs. You'll find a variety of James McNeill Whistler art on 1stDibs.