Accession Number
1954/1.464

Title
The Butcher's Dog

Artist(s)
James Abbott McNeill Whistler

Artist Nationality
American (North American)

Object Creation Date
1896

Medium & Support
transfer lithograph on wove paper

Dimensions
12 3/8 in x 8 1/2 in (31.4 cm x 21.6 cm);12 3/8 in x 8 1/2 in (31.4 cm x 21.6 cm);19 5/16 in x 14 1/4 in (49 cm x 36.2 cm)

Credit Line
Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker

Subject matter
During the 1880s Whistler focused on depicting shop fronts in Chelsea and elsewhere in London; this view of a shop on Cleveland Street (as identified by Thomas Way) is a continuation of this interest.

Physical Description
A partial view of a butcher's shop is seen frontally from across the road. To the left is an arched doorway within a pedimented entryway; a woman holding a baby stands silhouetted against the doorway while a little girl sits on the stoop. To the right is an arched shopfront that comprises both the doorway and the window in which hangs two large cuts of meat. The window of the shop is partially screened by an awning the extends before the facade of the building. A dog is seen sitting in front of the shop window.

Primary Object Classification
Print

Collection Area
Western

Rights
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Keywords
dogs
dogs (devices for wood)
doorways
food
meat
standing
streets
window
windows