Hurlingham, 1879

  • James Abbott McNeill Whistler, American, 1834 - 1903

Etching and drypoint printed in black ink on cream laid paper.

  • Plate: 5 3/8 inches × 8 inches (13.7 × 20.3 cm) Sheet: 7 1/4 × 12 1/8 inches (18.4 × 30.8 cm)

City of Detroit Purchase

21.67

Signed in plate, lower left: [Whistler's butterfly device]

Watermark of the Royal coat of arms of Great Britain used in the seal of the Order of the Garter. The seal consisting of a circle split into four, containing 3 fleur de lys; 4 lions (1 rampant and 3 couchant; harp), topped by a crown surrounded by the motto HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE (French for “evil be to him who evil does”).

Inscribed in pencil, verso, EW; and A95085 (a dealer stock number)

1921-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Bulletin of the DIA 3, no. 8: 81-82.

James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Hurlingham, 1879, etching and drypoint printed in black ink on cream laid paper. . Detroit Institute of Arts, City of Detroit Purchase, 21.67.