Print of boy standing under large tree
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Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College

A boy stands facing left with his back to a large tree trunk. Our frame of view in this print is fairly short, extending just above the boy’s head. He wears a cylindrical cap, a collared jacket, and shorts. He gazes upward. The tree on which he leans is covered in textured bark. Behind him is a forest full of more trees, many with mushrooms growing on their trunks. The boy and foreground tree are the darkest and most defined objects. The background trees are a lighter black-brown, with less detailed linework.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
2005.276
People
James Abbott McNeill Whistler, American (Lowell, MA 1834 - 1903 London, England)
Title
Seymour Standing Under a Tree
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Seymour
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1859
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/12122

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching and drypoint printed in black ink on tan antique laid paper
Technique
Etching and drypoint
Dimensions
plate: 13.3 x 9.8 cm (5 1/4 x 3 7/8 in.)
sheet: 14.8 x 11.1 cm (5 13/16 x 4 3/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: l.r. etched: "Whistler"
  • inscription: recto l.l., ink, etching, in artist's hand: Seymour
  • inscription: recto l.r., ink, etching, signed, in artist's hand: Whistler
  • inscription: verso, graphite: 2005.276

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
Glasgow ii/iii
Standard Reference Number
Kennedy 31, Glasgow 30

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Patricia Cornwell
Accession Year
2005
Object Number
2005.276
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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