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The image shows a partial view of a child seated, facing left. Their curly hair is tousled, their facial features are in profile, and they wear a loose garment. In their lap, there is a book or object with a dark cover. The background is blank.
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The image shows a partial view of a child seated, facing left. Their curly hair is tousled, their facial features are in profile, and they wear a loose garment. In their lap, there is a book or object with a dark cover. The background is blank.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Bibi Lalouette

James McNeill Whistler

Date
1859
Medium
etching and drypoint in dark brown on blue-gray laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 22.5 x 15.2 cm (8 7/8 x 6 in.) sheet: 23.3 x 22.7 cm (9 3/16 x 8 15/16 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
1981.24.4
Credit line
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Time span
1851 to 1875
Department
CG-W
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • American
  • etching
  • drypoint
  • Seated figure
  • child
  • portrait
  • boy
  • Portrait
Provenance

Purchased with the Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund by the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1981.

Watermarks

Beehive / '18'[illeg] with elaborate leaves, surmounted by a flower

NGA object ID 60685. 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.