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The image shows a girl seated with her hands folded in her lap, in a chair slightly turned to the left. She has long hair, is wearing a long-sleeved dress and has her eyes closed or lowered. The background is minimal.
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The image shows a girl seated with her hands folded in her lap, in a chair slightly turned to the left. She has long hair, is wearing a long-sleeved dress and has her eyes closed or lowered. The background is minimal.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Annie Seated

James McNeill Whistler

Date
1858
Medium
etching and drypoint in black on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 13.02 x 9.53 cm (5 1/8 x 3 3/4 in.) sheet: 17.78 x 13.97 cm (7 x 5 1/2 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
2006.125.16
Credit line
Gift of John E. Stocker
Time span
1851 to 1875
Department
CG-W
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • American
  • etching
  • seated
  • figure
  • Annie Haden
  • Artist's Niece
Provenance

John E. Stocker, Arlington; gift to NGA, 2006.

Inscription

lower left in plate: Whistler; lower center in plate: Annie; by unknown hand, lower left in graphite: Annie Seated 24.00; by unknown hand, lower right in graphite: 7817; by unknown hand, lower left verso in graphite: B30826.; by unknown hand, lower right verso in graphite: 24.

Watermarks

tiny fragment (illegible)

NGA object ID 136236. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.