About the Artwork
Irving as Philip of Spain
between 1876 and 1877
James Abbott McNeill Whistler
1834 - 1903
American
Unknown
Drypoint printed in black ink on laid paper
Plate: 8 7/8 × 6 inches (22.5 × 15.2 cm) Sheet: 13 × 8 1/4 inches (33 × 21 cm)
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Anonymous bequest in memory of Hal H. Smith
62.59
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Markings
[none]
Inscribed in pencil, bottom margin: a 9129 (Kennedy Gallery., New York, stock number; Inscribed in pencil, lower right corner: 7 Inscribed, in pencil, verso, upper center, possibly: HHB
Stamped, in black, verso, Henry Harper Benedict (Lugt 2936) Stamped, in grey, verso, Harris Whittemore (Lugt 1384a)
Provenance
Henry Harper Benedict [1844-1935] (New York, New York, USA). Harris G. Whittemore [1864-1927] (Naugatuck, Connecticut, USA)
January 17-18, 1949, sold by (Parke-Berent Galleries, New York, New York, USA), auction, Part I of the Harris Whittemore Collection of Etchings, lot 222. Edward E. MacCrone
(Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan, USA)
1962-present, bequest to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Irving as Philip of Spain, between 1876 and 1877, drypoint printed in black ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Anonymous bequest in memory of Hal H. Smith, 62.59.
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