Accession Number
1954/1.427

Title
The Tyresmith

Artist(s)
James Abbott McNeill Whistler

Artist Nationality
American (North American)

Object Creation Date
1890

Medium & Support
transfer lithograph on heavy wove paper

Dimensions
11 5/16 x 8 13/16 in. (28.6 x 22.3 cm);11 5/16 x 8 13/16 in. (28.6 x 22.3 cm);22 1/16 x 18 1/8 in. (56 x 46 cm)

Credit Line
Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker

Subject matter
Forges, smiths and other images of workmen shaping metal at a furnace was a recurring theme of Whistler's. This image depicts a wheelwright's shop in Chelsea.
"The Tyresmith" was published in "The Whirlwind" in the issue of November 15, 1890.

Physical Description
A group of men are shown in an interior with beams under the eaves. To the right are two men working on a circular frame; at the left are a youth and a child standing to the left of a doorway which, at the center, receeds back through space to figures in the distance, including a woman to the left of the far portal. At the left, hanging on the wall are a number of horseshoes.

Primary Object Classification
Print

Collection Area
Western

Rights
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Keywords
doorways
standing
wheel