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Greenwich Pensioner

Print
1859 (etched)
Artist/Maker
Whistler (artist)
Place of origin
London (etched)

‘Greenwich Pensioner’, etching by James Whistler, 1859. Signed, dated and titled ‘Greenwich’ by the artist in plate. Portrait of an elderly man reclining on a grassy slope in Greenwich Park. He wears a tall hat, holds a cane, leans on one elbow and has his legs stretched out and crossed at the ankles while he looks towards the viewer. His face is partly in shadow from the strong light. Trees and bushes in the background.


Object details

Category
Prints
Object type
Print
TitleGreenwich Pensioner (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Etching on paper
Paper
Printing Ink
Etching (Printing Process)
Brief description
'Greenwich Pensioner', etching by James Whistler, 1859.
Physical description
‘Greenwich Pensioner’, etching by James Whistler, 1859. Signed, dated and titled ‘Greenwich’ by the artist in plate. Portrait of an elderly man reclining on a grassy slope in Greenwich Park. He wears a tall hat, holds a cane, leans on one elbow and has his legs stretched out and crossed at the ankles while he looks towards the viewer. His face is partly in shadow from the strong light. Trees and bushes in the background.
Dimensions
  • Height: 9.9cm
  • Width: 13.3cm
  • Sheet height: 270mm
  • Sheet width: 340mm
Style
Realism
Marks and inscriptions
'Whistler. Greenwich 1859.' (Signed and dated by the artist in plate bottom right)
Object history
W.32; K.34.
Subjects depicted
Leisure
Old Age
Old Age
Men
Parks
Place depicted
Greenwich
Associated object
E.15-1905
Bibliographic references
  • Wedmore, Frederick. Whistler's Etchings, A Study and a Catalogue. London: Colnaghi & Co, 1899. No.32.
  • Kennedy, Edward G. The Etched Work of Whistler. San Francisco: Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1978. No.34.
  • P. 72 Margaret F. MacDonald and Patricia de Montfort, An American in London. Whistler and the Thames London: Dulwich Picture Gallery, 2013. ISBN: 9781781300220.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
19795

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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