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The Kitchen

Print
1858 (printed and published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

‘The Kitchen’, one of the 'Twelve Etchings from Nature', by James Whistler, also called 'The French Set'. 1858. Published in London by Whistler at 62 Sloane Street and in Paris at Imprimerie Delâtre, Rue St. Jacques 171. Signed in plate by the artist. View of a kitchen, looking from the dark interior towards a window illuminated by daylight. A figure stands at the window looking out, back towards the viewer and so almost silhouetted. In the right foreground, a dimly-seen rack filled with plates and other kitchen objects.


Object details

Category
Object type
Titles
  • The Kitchen (generic title)
  • Twelve Etchings from Nature (series title)
  • The French Set (series title)
Materials and techniques
Etching on India paper
Brief description
'The Kitchen', etching by James Whistler, from 'Twelve Etchings from Nature' or 'The French Set'; Paris, 1858.
Physical description
‘The Kitchen’, one of the 'Twelve Etchings from Nature', by James Whistler, also called 'The French Set'. 1858. Published in London by Whistler at 62 Sloane Street and in Paris at Imprimerie Delâtre, Rue St. Jacques 171. Signed in plate by the artist. View of a kitchen, looking from the dark interior towards a window illuminated by daylight. A figure stands at the window looking out, back towards the viewer and so almost silhouetted. In the right foreground, a dimly-seen rack filled with plates and other kitchen objects.
Dimensions
  • Height: 22.8cm
  • Width: 15.7cm
  • Sheet height: 290mm
  • Sheet width: 230mm
Style
Marks and inscriptions
'Whistler' (Signed in plate bottom right)
Object history
W. 19; K.24, 2nd state.
Subjects depicted
Place depicted
Associated objects
Bibliographic references
  • Wedmore, Frederick. Whistler's Etchings, A Study and a Catalogue. London: Colnaghi & Co, 1899. No.19.
  • Kennedy, Edward G. The Etched Work of Whistler. San Francisco: Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1978. No.24, 2nd state.
  • pp. 26/7 James McNeill Whistler retrospective [Tokyo] : NHK/NHK Promotions Inc., c2014.
Collection
Accession number
19815

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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