The Kitchen

[1858] republished 1885

Not on view

This impression was made from a cancelled plate. The print had been published by Whistler in November 1858 in "Douze eaux-fortes d’après nature" (Twelve Etchings from Nature), known as the "French Set" (see 17.3.19, 17.3.20 for examples of the second state from the "French Set" and 67.630.53 for a third state published by the Fine Art Society, London).

Artwork Details

Title: The Kitchen
Series/Portfolio: French Set ("Douze eau-fortes d'apres Nature" 1858, in the second state); this from the cancelled plate after publication by the Fine Art Society in 1885
Artist: James McNeill Whistler (American, Lowell, Massachusetts 1834–1903 London)
Date: [1858] republished 1885
Medium: Etching with drypoint cancellation lines; from the cancelled plate (Glasgow);
black ink on pale green laid paper with unread letters watermark
Dimensions: plate: 8 7/8 x 6 1/8 in. (22.5 x 15.6 cm)
sheet: 12 7/16 x 7 7/8 in. (31.6 x 20 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Gift of Theodore De Witt, 1923
Object Number: 23.65.79
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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