Artist:

James McNeill Whistler, American, 1834–1903  Search this

Medium:

etching and open bite or sandpaper ground on paper, canceled plate

Dimensions:

34.3 x 25.4 cm (13 1/2 in. x 10 in.)

Type:

landscapes

Print

Object Name:

Print

Made in:

USA

Date:

ca. 1858

Catalogue Status:

Research in Progress

Description:

A night scene in a narrow village street. The buildings are bathed in brilliant moonlight, left. A lantern shines on a building, right. The plate is crossed by bisecting lines from the four corners and four parallel horizontal lines, all in dry point.

Credit Line:

Gift of Mrs. David Keppel

Accession Number:

1957-168-13

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection

Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department

Data Source:

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq490432a0e-ce74-4603-8048-e759e32d6a58

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:chndm_1957-168-13