PrintsAmerican19th century

The Punt

1861

Artists

James Abbott McNeill WhistlerArtist

Classification

Prints

Technique

Etching

Medium

Etching and drypoint printed in black ink on off-white wove paper

Culture

American

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Prints

Dimensions

plate: 11.2 × 15.1 cm (4 7/16 × 5 15/16 in.) sheet: 27 × 36.7 cm (10 5/8 × 14 7/16 in.)

Provenance

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

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