Print made by James McNeill Whistler, 1834–1903, American, active in Britain (from 1859), Monitors, 1887
- Title:
Monitors
- Part Of:
- Date:
- 1887
- Medium:
- Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, greened white laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet (cropped inside plate): 5 5/8 x 8 11/16 inches (14.3 x 22 cm) and Image: 5 1/2 x 8 11/16 inches (14 x 22 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso in graphite, lower left: "No. 22 | 33623"; lower right: "Slight burr on Monitor."
collector's stamp of Harris G. Whittemore (Lugt 1384a), in gray ink, on back, upper center; collector's stamp of Howard Mansfield (Lugt 1342) in blue ink, on back, lower right
artist's butterfly emblem, in black ink, within image, lower left
Signed with graphite butterfly monogram, lower left, and on verso, lower right
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Robert N. Whittemore, Yale BS 1943
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B2002.8.2
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- boats | bonnet | clouds | fleet review | flotilla | genre subject | hats | jubilee | marine art | masts | men | navy | sailing | sea | ships | smoke | warships | woman
- Associated Places:
- England | Europe | United Kingdom
- Access:
- Accessible by request in the Study Room [Request]
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