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Print of a seated child with long hair who is mostly in shadow.

A young boy is shown seated on what could possibly be a bench, as hinted by the rectangular detail in the bottom left. He has long, straight hair to his shoulders, and a black coat with a white collar that reaches his knees. He sits with his hands resting on his thighs, and looks directly at the viewer. There is a strong light source above and to the left of him, so most of his face, body, and the bottom right of the image is cast in shadow created by dark cross-hatching.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
M12111
People
James Abbott McNeill Whistler, American (Lowell, MA 1834 - 1903 London, England)
Title
Little Arthur
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Twelve Etchings From Nature (French Set)
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1857-1858
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/262478

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching printed in black ink on off-white wove paper[
Technique
Etching
Dimensions
sheet: 9.2 × 8 cm (3 5/8 × 3 1/8 in.)
plate: 5.8 × 4.8 cm (2 5/16 × 1 7/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower edge at left, etched: Whistler
  • collector's mark: verso, brown stamp with accession number written in graphite:
    THE WILLIAM HAYES FOGG / ART MUSEUM OF / HARVARD UNIVERSITY / 12,111 [Lugt 936]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Edwin de T. Bechtel, (347), Collector, Gift to Fogg Art Museum, 1947.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
Glasgow iv/iv
Standard Reference Number
Kennedy 9, Glasgow 8

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Edwin de T. Bechtel
Accession Year
1947
Object Number
M12111
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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