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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M12668
People
James Abbott McNeill Whistler, American (Lowell, MA 1834 - 1903 London, England)
Title
Chelsea Rags
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1888
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/262884

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Transfer lithograph printed in black ink on tan paper
Technique
Lithograph
Dimensions
sheet: 23.6 x 16.9 cm (9 5/16 x 6 5/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: graphite butterfly
  • inscription: verso, lower left, graphite: W.22
  • inscription: verso, center, graphite: 1892
  • inscription: lithographed, to right of shop windowsill: [butterfly]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Robert Gardner, Collector, Gift to Fogg Art Museum.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
only state
Standard Reference Number
Way 22; Art Institute of Chicago 26

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Edwin de T. Bechtel
Accession Year
1951
Object Number
M12668
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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