PrintsAmerican19th century

The Old Rag Picker

1858

Artists

James Abbott McNeill WhistlerArtist

Classification

Prints

Technique

Etching

Medium

Etching and drypoint printed in brownish black ink with considerable plate tone on cream china paper applied to white wove paper

Culture

American

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Prints

Dimensions

chine collé: 20.8 × 14.8 cm (8 3/16 × 5 13/16 in.) mounting sheet: 40.2 × 30.3 cm (15 13/16 × 11 15/16 in.)

Provenance

Clarence Buckingham, Chicago (497), Collector. Edwin de T. Bechtel, (347), Collector, Gift to Fogg Art Museum, 1947.

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