Under the Cathedral, Blois

Object Details

• Artist

  James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

• Label

  A carefree touristic spirit imbues many of the picturesque images Whistler created during his honeymoon trip to France in 1888. The distinctive single tower of the Cathédrale Saint-Louis de Blois, a sixteenth-century landmark, towers over a narrow street at the bottom of the hill. Open doors and windows conjure old-fashioned shops at street level, but their precise businesses are unclear.

  Whistler etchings are identified by "G" numbers as assigned in "James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonn&‌eacute;," by Margaret F. McDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock (University of Glasgow, 2012), http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. This print is G428 state 1 of 1.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Whistler: Streetscapes, Urban Change (November 18, 2023 to May 4, 2024)

• Origin

  United States

• Credit Line

  Gift of Charles Lang Freer

• Type

  Print

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Date

  1880s

• Name

  Whistler, James McNeill

• Place

  United States

• Topic

  Charles Lang Freer collection, Art, Architecture, American Art, Store front, Etching (printing process)

• Culture

  Americans

• Object Type

  Prints