The Model Resting

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Drypoint engraving by James McNeill Whistler, 'The Model Resting', 1870. A young woman stands against a wall, leaning slightly, her body fully draped, one arm bent at the elbow with her hand raised up to the side of her face, her hair bound with a band.

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Category	Prints
Object type	Print
Title	The Model Resting (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Drypoint engraving on paper Paper Printing Ink Drypoint
Brief description	Drypoint engraving by James McNeill Whistler, 'The Model Resting', 1870.
Physical description	Drypoint engraving by James McNeill Whistler, 'The Model Resting', 1870. A young woman stands against a wall, leaning slightly, her body fully draped, one arm bent at the elbow with her hand raised up to the side of her face, her hair bound with a band.
Dimensions	Plate height: 20.7cm Plate width: 13.3cm Paper height: 37.4cm Paper width: 24.8cm
Object history	W.87, 2nd state; K.100, 8th state.
Subjects depicted	Figure Studies Women Drapery
Bibliographic references	Wedmore, Frederick. Whistler's Etchings, A Study and a Catalogue. London: Colnaghi & Co, 1899. No.87, 2nd state. Kennedy, Edward G. The Etched Work of Whistler. San Francisco: Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1978. No.100, 8th state. Taken from Departmental Circulation Register 1962
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	CIRC.630-1962

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1034398/the-model-resting-print-whistler/

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