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This photograph depicts a view of a palm tree-lined path in a city park. Two men stand on the path and face the camera.
Antonio Beato (British (modern))
Luxor
1862 – 1880
Transfer from the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
1980/1.156
Six figures, women and girls, sit or stand in front of a balustrade. On the left side is an urn holding a plant; the upper portion of a young tree projects above the balustrade at center; in the distance on the right appears the upper portion of a building with a mansard roof
James Abbott McNeill Whistler (American (North American))
The Terrace, Luxembourg
1894
Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker
1954/1.448
In the lower left corner, two women are seen seated out of doors conversing in a park-like setting. In the middle distance is a large sculpture on a raised pedestal. Grouped around the sculpture are other small gatherings of people in conversation. Behind the figures and sculpture is the loose indication of trees.
James Abbott McNeill Whistler (American (North American))
Conversation under the Statue, Luxembourg Gardens
1893
Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker
1954/1.438
The balustrade of a public park walkway seen at a slight distance acts as a foil for several figures grouped in front of the balustrade. To the left, two women stand talking while a child, with her back facing the viewer looks between the balusters towards the dome of a building in the distance beyond some trees. Too the right of the composition, a seated man and a woman shown in profile are grouped. Two ornamental urns decorate the balustrade.
James Abbott McNeill Whistler (American (North American))
The Pantheon, from the Terrace of the Luxembourg Gardens
1893
Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker
1954/1.439
The balustrade of a public park walkway seen at a slight distance acts as a foil for several figures grouped in front of the balustrade. To the left, two women stand talking while a child, with her back facing the viewer looks between the balusters towards the dome of a building in the distance beyond some trees. Too the right of the composition, a seated man and a woman shown in profile are grouped. Two ornamental urns decorate the balustrade.
James Abbott McNeill Whistler (American (North American))
The Pantheon, from the Terrace of the Luxembourg Gardens
1893
Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker
1954/1.440
A courtly gentleman sits on a cushion, within a garden pavilion. The man smokes his hookah. A number of female attendants look after him. One (who could also be his lover) holds a tray with objects/ utensils; another a peacock feather to fan the couple; the third a fan. The man holds a tray with cups/ chalices. Of the two attendants shown in the bottom portion, one plays a stringed instrument, and another with ducks. A fountain is shown in the foreground.
Indian (Indian (South Asian))
In a Garden
20th century
Gift of Harry and Rose Jacobs
1981/2.175
Figures are seen seated out of doors around a table in a garden. The table is set with a tea and coffee service and cups and saucers; behind the figures is a screen of trees.
James Abbott McNeill Whistler (American (North American))
The Garden
1891
Museum purchase made possible by the Margaret Watson Parker Art Collection Fund
1994/2.14
Mountain landscape with a pavilion and two figures sitting under a tree. A calligraphy poem lies on the upper right hand corner.
Okada Hankō
Landscape of Mountain, Building and Seated Figures
1820 – 1830
Gift of the Estate of Betty I. Monroe, PhD
2014/2.258

Louis Fran
Jeunes Filles au Jardin
1950 – 1960
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Homer Kripke
1964/2.151
A scattering of figures, mostly women and young chidren, occupy the foreground and middle ground of the image. In the distance are several sculptures and urns framed by a curving balustrade with trees and some buildings behind.
James Abbott McNeill Whistler (American (North American))
Nursemaids—Les Bonnes du Luxembourg
1894
Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker
1954/1.443
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