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Eugene Higgins
Tunnel Dwellers
1874 – 1954
Gift of Edwin M. Otterbourg
1954/2.13
A deep covered passageway dominates the composition. At the near end of the passage, to the right side, stand a woman and young girl, both with heads covered and looking at the viewer. Looking down the passageway, light catches the timbered ceiling and figures can be seen walking at the far end, silhouetted against the bright light in the square or street beyond. A lantern hangs above the entrance at the near end of the passage.
James Abbott McNeill Whistler (American (North American))
The Beggars, One of the 'Twelve Etchings,' or the 'First Venice Set'
1879 – 1880
Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker
1954/1.382

Rome - Arch of Drusus
1860 – 1870
Transfer from the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
1980/1.160
Five children (some only partially rendered) stand before a covered passageway of a building with the lower part of a second story window visible. Through the passageway in the midle distance can be seen a street corner with a woman on the sidewalk, and beyond that additional shops with men on the sidewalk. At the upper right is a flower-like form that is the artist's "butterfly" signature.
James Abbott McNeill Whistler (American (North American))
Drury Lane, from the Twenty-Six Etchings (Second Venice Set)
1880 – 1881
Gift of Nesta R. Spink
2001/2.136

Leonard Pytlak
Underpass
1939
Allocated by the U.S. Government Commissioned through the New Deal art projects
1943.112
In this nighttime view down a street, buildings along the left-hand side of the street are shown in sharp recession. A solitary figure is seen in the shadows on the left-hand side half way down the street. The sky is darkened with parallel horizontal hatching lines. The only source of light is a lantern on the wall of the right side of the street. Dark shadows fall across the buildings on the left side.
James Abbott McNeill Whistler (American (North American))
Street at Saverne, One of the 'Twelve Etchings from Nature,' or the 'French Set'
1858
Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker
1954/1.325
An empty covered passageway dominates this image. In the foreground are three young saplings. At the far end of the passageway a man can be seen sitting in the sunlight alongside the edge of the canal. On either side of the passageway in the foreground are windows and indications of cornices and other architectural elements.
James Abbott McNeill Whistler (American (North American))
The Traghetto, No. 1
1879 – 1880
Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker
1954/1.376
A dark passageway dominates the middle and left portions of the composition; to the right is a group of men seated outside at a table. The passageway has a view at the far end of a man seated while a gondola passes by. In front of the passageway are three young trees, the leaves of which fall in front of the passageway. To the left of the passageway is a child holding a baby. On either side of the passageway are windows that indicate the walls that fill the plate.
James Abbott McNeill Whistler (American (North American))
The Traghetto, No. 2, One of the 'Twelve Etchings,' or the 'First Venice Set'
1879 – 1880
Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker
1954/1.377
Figrues stand or sit in a narrow passgeway that leads back in space to a dark entrance, beyond which a brightly lit arched entry is visible. The flanking buildings that form the passageway are not described; the focus is on the scattering of figures and the entryway in the distance.
James Abbott McNeill Whistler (American (North American))
Fleur de Lys Passage
1887
Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker
1954/1.396
This photograph depicts a view of a cobblestone alleyway. On opposite sides of the street stand an old woman and a young boy.
Alen MacWeeney
Watching—A Street Scene, Dublin, Ireland
1965 – 1966
Gift of Carl W. Melcher
1981/2.168.9
This photograph depicts a street-level view down a medieval Italian alleyway. The alleyway has archways that connect the buildings on either side. Seated on the street and leaning out of a window, a small group of spectators face the camera. 
Carlo Brogi
Sanremo - Vicolo del Giuoco della Palla
1881 – 1895
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. W. Howard Bond
1982/1.231

Elias M. Grossman
Pike Street
1939
Allocated by the U.S. Government Commissioned through the New Deal art projects
1943.46
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