Artworks · James McNeill Whistler

Sheet of Stamps of Whistler's Mother

1934 · Uncut sheet of stamps in purple ink

Each stamp: 2.2 × 3.6 cm (7/8 × 1 7/16 in.); Sheet: 26.1 × 23 cm (10 5/16 × 9 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The 26 Etchings (Second Venice set)

1924 · Bound volume of etchings and drypoints printed from original cancelled copper plates

Closed: 38.7 × 28.5 × 2 cm (15 1/4 × 11 1/4 × 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Flaming Forge

1901 · etching in dark brown on laid paper

plate: 19.05 × 15.08 cm (7 1/2 × 5 15/16 in.) sheet: 22.07 × 18.1 cm (8 11/16 × 7 1/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

A Doorway in Ajaccio

1901 · brush and gray wash on wove paper

sheet: 15.7 x 9.1 cm (6 3/16 x 3 9/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

At Sea

1901 · pen and brown ink on wove paper

sheet: 15.2 × 9.6 cm (6 × 3 3/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Bohemians

1901 · Etching with foul biting in black ink on ivory laid paper

Image, trimmed within platemark: 8.4 × 5.4 cm (3 5/16 × 2 3/16 in.); Sheet: 8.7 × 5.4 cm (3 7/16 × 2 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled

1899 · ink on paper mounted on cardboard

mount: 5 x 5 3/8 in. (12.8 x 13.7 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Letter to William Heinemann with corrections for Eden versus Whistler: The Baronet and the Butterfly. A Valentine with a Verdict

1898 · Pen and brownish black ink, with graphite, on cream laid paper and etching in blue (recto); pen and brownish black ink and graphite on cream laid paper (verso)

27.2 × 21.5 cm (10 3/4 × 8 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Butterfly (recto); Fragment of Butterfly (verso)

1898 · Pen and black ink over graphite (recto), and brush and black ink over graphite (verso), on cream wove card

12 × 15.9 cm (4 3/4 × 6 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Butterfly with Checkered Wings

1898 · Pen and black ink on cream wove card

12.1 × 15.8 cm (4 13/16 × 6 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Butterfly (recto); Fragment of Butterfly (verso)

1898 · Pen and black ink over graphite (recto), and pen and black ink over graphite, with corrections by the artist in white opaque paint (verso), on cream wove card

15.9 × 12.3 cm (6 5/16 × 4 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Butterfly

1898 · Pen and black ink on cream wove card

12.1 × 15.8 cm (4 13/16 × 6 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Butterfly

1898 · Pen and black ink on cream wove card

20.8 × 14.6 cm (8 1/4 × 5 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

A Club on a Cushion

1898 · Pen and black ink over graphite, with corrections by the artist in white opaque paint, on cream wove card

12 × 16 cm (4 3/4 × 6 5/16 in.)

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Butterfly "Encountered" (recto); Sketch for Tailpiece (verso)

1898 · Pen and black ink over graphite (recto), and graphite (verso), on cream wove card

15.7 × 12.2 cm (6 3/16 × 4 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Sketch of the Peacock Room

1898 · Graphite (recto) on cream wove paper with printed text in black ink (verso)

18.8 × 17.8 cm (7 7/16 × 7 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Butterfly (recto); Study of Butterfly (verso)

1898 · Pen and black ink over graphite (recto), and pen and black ink, with corrections by the artist in white opaque paint (verso), on cream wove card

22.5 × 14.3 cm (8 7/8 × 5 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

George W. Vanderbilt

1897 · oil on canvas

overall: 208.6 x 91.1 cm (82 1/8 x 35 7/8 in.) framed: 229.2 x 113 x 7 cm (90 1/4 x 44 1/2 x 2 3/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Mother and Daughter

1897 · lithograph in black on wove paper

image: 18.7 × 15.8 cm (7 3/8 × 6 1/4 in.) sheet: 32.1 × 25 cm (12 5/8 × 9 13/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

The Medici Collar

1897 · lithograph in black on wove paper

image: 18.5 × 11.2 cm (7 5/16 × 4 7/16 in.) sheet: 32.7 × 22.2 cm (12 7/8 × 8 3/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Afternoon Tea

1897 · lithograph in black on laid paper

image: 18.5 x 15.7 cm (7 5/16 x 6 3/16 in.) sheet: 39.7 × 24.4 cm (15 5/8 × 9 5/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Afternoon Tea

1897 · Transfer lithograph in black on tan laid Japanese vellum

Image: 18.5 × 15.7 cm (7 5/16 × 6 3/16 in.); Sheet: 40 × 24.3 cm (15 3/4 × 9 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Portrait of a Young Woman [Miss Seton]

1897 · Transfer lithograph in black ink on cream laid paper

Image: 19.9 × 13.4 cm (7 7/8 × 5 5/16 in.); Sheet: 24.9 × 18.7 cm (9 13/16 × 7 3/8 in.)

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Portrait of a Young Woman Wearing a Hat [Miss Seaton]

1897 · Transfer lithograph in black ink on ivory laid paper

Image: 19 × 13.5 cm (7 1/2 × 5 3/8 in.); Sheet: 26.5 × 20.9 cm (10 7/16 × 8 1/4 in.)

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Afternoon Tea

1897 · Transfer lithograph in black ink on ivory Chinese paper

Image: 18.5 × 15.7 cm (7 5/16 × 6 3/16 in.); Sheet: 24.2 × 20.9 cm (9 9/16 × 8 1/4 in.)

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Mother and Daughter [La Mère Malade]

1897 · Transfer lithograph in black with stumping, on grayish ivory China paper

Image: 18.7 × 15.8 cm (7 3/8 × 6 1/4 in.); Sheet: 30.7 × 24.9 cm (12 1/8 × 9 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Afternoon Tea

1897 · Transfer lithograph in black on tan laid Japanese vellum

Image: 18.5 × 15.7 cm (7 5/16 × 6 3/16 in.); Sheet: 39.7 × 24.2 cm (15 11/16 × 9 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Medici Collar

1897 · Transfer lithograph in black on ivory laid paper

Image: 18.5 × 11.2 cm (7 5/16 × 4 7/16 in.); Sheet: 20.6 × 16.3 cm (8 1/8 × 6 7/16 in.)

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Mother and Daughter [La Mère Malade]

1897 · Transfer lithograph in black with stumping, on greenish ivory laid paper

Image: 18.7 × 15.8 cm (7 3/8 × 6 1/4 in.); Sheet: 33.5 × 26.3 cm (13 1/4 × 10 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Medici Collar

1897 · Transfer lithograph in black on buff laid paper

Image: 18.5 × 11.2 cm (7 5/16 × 4 7/16 in.); Sheet: 32.4 × 24.5 cm (12 13/16 × 9 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Boulevard Poissonière, Paris

1897 · Etching with foul biting in black ink on ivory laid paper

Image, trimmed within platemark: 15.6 × 23 cm (6 3/16 × 9 1/16 in.); Sheet: 16 × 23 cm (6 5/16 × 9 1/16 in.)

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Mother and Daughter [La Mère Malade]

1897 · Counterproof of transfer lithograph with stumping, in black, on off-white wove paper

Image: 18.7 × 15.8 cm (7 3/8 × 6 1/4 in.); Sheet: 26.3 × 16.5 cm (10 3/8 × 6 1/2 in.)

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Portrait Study: Mrs. Philip, No. 4 [Studies of the Philips]

1897 · Transfer lithograph in black, printed over counterproof of lithograph in black, on ivory laid paper

Image: 15.7 × 12.4 cm (6 3/16 × 4 15/16 in.); With counterproof and unfinished sketch: 22 × 29.8 cm (8 11/16 × 11 3/4 in.); Sheet: 22 × 35.5 cm (8 11/16 × 14 in.)

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Portrait Study: Mrs. Philip, No. 3 (recto) Portrait Study: Geneviève Mallarmé (verso)

1897 · Transfer lithograph in black on ivory plate paper

147 × 137 mm (image); 362 × 252 mm (sheet) (recto) 208 × 125 mm (image); 362 × 252 mm (sheet) (verso)

Art Institute of Chicago

Afternoon Tea

1897 · Transfer lithograph in various black inks, on tan laid Japanese vellum

Image: 18.5 × 15.7 cm (7 5/16 × 6 3/16 in.); Sheet: 39.7 × 24.3 cm (15 11/16 × 9 5/8 in.)

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The Medici Collar

1897 · Transfer lithograph in various black inks, on buff laid paper

Image: 18.5 × 11.2 cm (7 5/16 × 4 7/16 in.); Sheet: 32.4 × 24.5 cm (12 13/16 × 9 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Chelsea Shop

1897 · Watercolor with touches of opaque watercolor on cream wove paper

12.6 × 21 cm (5 × 8 5/16 in.)

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Savoy Pigeons

1896 · lithograph in black on wove paper

image: 19.9 × 13.8 cm (7 13/16 × 5 7/16 in.) sheet: 29.9 × 20.7 cm (11 3/4 × 8 1/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Little Evelyn

1896 · lithograph in black on laid paper

image: 17.4 × 11.5 cm (6 7/8 × 4 1/2 in.) sheet: 30.8 x 22.23 cm (12 1/8 x 8 3/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Gold and Brown: Self-Portrait

1896 · oil on canvas

overall: 62.5 × 46.8 cm (24 5/8 × 18 7/16 in.) framed: 93.98 × 78.74 × 11.43 cm (37 × 31 × 4 1/2 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Little Evelyn

1896 · lithograph in black on laid paper

image: 17.4 × 11.5 cm (6 7/8 × 4 1/2 in.) sheet: 29.2 × 19.8 cm (11 1/2 × 7 13/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

The Thames

1896 · lithograph in black on wove paper

image: 26.4 × 19.6 cm (10 3/8 × 7 11/16 in.) sheet: 36.9 × 26.7 cm (14 1/2 × 10 1/2 in.)

National Gallery of Art

The Siesta

1896 · lithograph in black on wove paper

image: 13.9 × 21.4 cm (5 1/2 × 8 7/16 in.) sheet: 21.8 × 31.2 cm (8 9/16 × 12 5/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

By the Balcony

1896 · lithograph in black on wove paper

image: 21.7 × 14.2 cm (8 9/16 × 5 9/16 in.) sheet: 28.5 × 21.9 cm (11 1/4 × 8 5/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Alexander Arnold Hannay

1896 · oil on wood

overall: 22.3 x 13.3 cm (8 3/4 x 5 1/4 in.) framed: 45.9 x 37.8 x 7 cm (18 1/16 x 14 7/8 x 2 3/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

The Shoemaker

1896 · lithograph in black on wove paper

image: 15.8 × 22.1 cm (6 1/4 × 8 11/16 in.) sheet: 33.6 × 35.5 cm (13 1/4 × 14 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Little London Model

1896 · lithograph in black on laid paper

image: 17.2 × 12.7 cm (6 3/4 × 5 in.) sheet: 28 × 18 cm (11 × 7 1/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

St. Giles-in-the-Fields

1896 · lithograph in black on laid paper

image: 21.7 × 14.2 cm (8 9/16 × 5 9/16 in.) sheet: 30.2 × 18.2 cm (11 7/8 × 7 3/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art