Chelsea
Chelsea
Chelsea
Chelsea

Currently not on view

Chelsea,

1878–1879

James McNeill Whistler, 1834–1903; born Lowell, MA; died London, England; active England and Paris, France
x1970-92

Information

Title
Chelsea
Dates

1878–1879

Maker
James McNeill Whistler
Medium
Etching and drypoint
Dimensions
plate: 13.4 x 20.6 cm (5 1/4 x 8 1/8 in.) sheet: 23.2 x 31.5 cm (9 1/8 x 12 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Carl Otto von Keinbusch, Class of 1906
Object Number
x1970-92
Place Depicted

Europe, England, London

Signatures
In plate lower right: artist monogram [butterfly]
Inscription
in graphite lower left: w.w.o in graphite upper right: 9625
Reference Numbers
Glasgow 181 v/v; Kennedy 182 ii; Mansfield 179
Culture
American
Type
etchings, prints
Subject
bridges (built works), shores (landforms), boats, figures (representations), trees, water

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