Accession Number
1930.27

Title
Smith's Yard

Artist(s)
James Abbott McNeill Whistler

Artist Nationality
American (North American)

Object Creation Date
1895

Medium & Support
transfer lithograph on wove paper

Dimensions
11 ¾ in (29.85 cm)

Credit Line
Museum Purchase

Subject matter
Whistler executed a number of works at the blacksmith operated by the Govier family in Lime Regis. These are portraits and portrayals of the family at work in the smithy.
Thomas Way printed 3000 impressions of "The Smith's Yard" that were issued in "The Studio" 47, no. 10 (Feb. 15, 1897) and in "The International Studio" 1, no. 1 (March 1897); UMMA's impression has The Studio's blindstamp at the bottom.

Physical Description
Two horses, seen from behind, stand in front of a shed-like structure. On the threshold and partly shadowed to the left stand two figures, a man in an apron and an youth holding a bucket upside down. On the right, closer to the viewer is a whetstone; on the far left of the composition is a rain barrel.

Primary Object Classification
Print

Collection Area
Western

Rights
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Keywords
Figures
farm
horses
stable
standing
yards
yards (areas)