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The image shows a young girl standing. She is facing forward with her body slightly turned to the left. She has delicate facial features, a rounded face, and large eyes. Her hair is shoulder-length and wavy. She is wearing a long-sleeved dress with a high collar. Her hands are visible, with the right hand hanging down alongside her body. In the background, there is a simple and minimalistic texture. The artwork has a sketch-like appearance with fine lines and shading. There is text at the bottom and left side of the image, including the name "Annie" prominently featured.
National Gallery of Art · Print
Annie
James McNeill Whistler
- Date
- c. 1857
- Medium
- etching in black on wove paper
- Dimensions
- plate: 11.75 × 7.94 cm (4 5/8 × 3 1/8 in.) sheet: 39.05 × 22.7 cm (15 3/8 × 8 15/16 in.)
- Classification
- Accession number
- 2015.19.609
- Credit line
- Corcoran Collection (Bequest of Mary E. Maxwell, 1949)
- Time span
- 1851 to 1875
- Department
- CG-W
Subjects and terms
- girl
- portrait
- American
- etching
- Girl
- Portrait
Provenance
Mary E. Maxwell; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1949; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art
Inscription
lower left in plate: Whistler; lower center in plate: Annie; lower right in plate: Imp. Delâtre. Rue St. Jacques 171; lower left edge in graphite by unknown hand: Wo5704
NGA object ID 183435. 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.