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Description: | Unmounted (1) s. in stone with butterfly; c.r.
(2) inscr in stone on fascia; "BLANCHISSERIE"
(3) s. in pencil with butterfly; b.l.
(4) stamp; v. square stamp of Miss Rosalind Birnie Philip CRE WHISTLER, James McNeill; (American; 1834-1903) PRINT WAY, Thomas Robert; (English; 1861-1913) Whistler chose to draw the subject of shopfronts in many different media throughout his career. The laundry shop that is the subject of this lithograph was located on the place Dauphine, between the Palais de Justice and the Pont Neuf, in Paris. Using careful lines, Whistler developed the areas of light and shade in this drawing. He was convinced that the drawing would transfer well and in a letter written to Thomas Way he referred to "what I fancy is perhaps the best drawing I have done" and continued to regard "The Laundress: La Blanchisseuse de la Place Dauphine" as being one of his best works in lithography. This lithograph was printed by Thomas Way. (See also GLAHA 49077/49361-49364/49586/49783).
Birnie Philip Bequest, 1958. | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | PARIS : STREETSCAPE : LAUNDRESS : SHOPFRONT : WHISTLER CENTENARY : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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