Fleur de Lys Passage

Accession Number
1954/1.396

Title
Fleur de Lys Passage

Artist(s)
James Abbott McNeill Whistler

Artist Nationality
American (North American)

Object Creation Date
1887

Medium & Support
etching, printed in dark brown ink on laid paper, trimmed to platemark

Dimensions
7 3/16 in. x 3 3/16 in. ( 18.2 cm x 8.1 cm )

Credit Line
Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker

Subject matter
Whistler executed a series of views in London that portrayed Houndstitch and other less affluent areas in the working part of London.

Physical Description
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.

Primary Object Classification
Print

Collection Area
Western

Rights
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Keywords
alleys
alleys (streets)
buildings
doorways
groups of people
industrialization
manufacturing
working class

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