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The image is a sketch of a landscape with figures throughout. The horizon shows outlines of a bluff and buildings. The sketch uses light pencil lines on warm, sepia paper. Various figures are depicted in the foreground and background, along with some ships. The drawing has a calm atmosphere with minimal detailing.
National Gallery of Art · Print
A Sketch at Dieppe
James McNeill Whistler
- Medium
- etching and drypoint on laid paper
- Dimensions
- overall (trimmed to plate): 5 × 8.2 cm (1 15/16 × 3 1/4 in.)
- Classification
- Accession number
- 1949.5.265
- Credit line
- Rosenwald Collection
- Time span
- 1826 to 1850
- Department
- CG-W
Subjects and terms
- American
- Water
- Boat
- Figures
Provenance
Howard Mansfield [1849-1938], New York, (Lugt 1342); acquired by Harris Whittemore [1864-1927], Naugatuck, CT, 1919; (his sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 18 January 1949, lot 295); (Charles Sessler, Philadelphia, PA); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald, Jenkintown, PA, 1949; gift to the NGA, 1949.
Inscription
on plate: (butterfly); lower left in the image: (butterfly) imp-; lower left on the verso: Dieppe
Watermarks
none
NGA object ID 36719. 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.