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La Belle Dame paresseuse

A work made of lithograph from thin transparent transfer paper, in black ink, on cream wove japanese vellum.
CC0 Public Domain Designation

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  • A work made of lithograph from thin transparent transfer paper, in black ink, on cream wove japanese vellum.

Date:

1894

Artist:

James McNeill Whistler
American, 1834-1903

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

James McNeill Whistler

Title

La Belle Dame paresseuse

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 1894

Medium

Lithograph from thin transparent transfer paper, in black ink, on cream wove Japanese vellum

Dimensions

Image: 23.6 × 17.5 cm (9 5/16 × 6 15/16 in.); Sheet: 31.1 × 23.1 cm (12 1/4 × 9 1/8 in.)

Credit Line

Bequest of Bryan Lathrop

Reference Number

1917.520

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