Washerwomen

Arts of the Americas

c. 1880

Walter Shirlaw
American, 1838–1909

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Arts of the Americas

Artist: Walter Shirlaw
Title: Washerwomen
Place: United States (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: c. 1880
Medium: Oil on canvas
Inscriptions: Signed, l.l.: "W. Shirlaw"
Dimensions: 47 × 76.2 cm (18 1/2 × 30 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Emmanuel F. Selz
Reference Number: 1940.1128
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Springfield, Illinois State Museum, Nineteenth–Century American Paintings: a Collection of the Art Institute of Chicago, Mar. 5–Apr. 24, 1966; Iowa, Davenport Municipal Art Gallery, May 19–June 5, 1966; Muscatine, Iowa, Laura Musser Art Gallery and Museum, July 24–Oct. 2, 1966; Peoria, Illinois, Lakeview Center for the Arts and Sciences, Nov. 30, 1966–Jan. 8, 1967.
Art Institute of Chicago, Art in Illinois: In Honor of the Illinois Sesquicentennial, June 15–Sept. 8, 1968 (no cat.).

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