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The Terrace, Luxembourg

James Abbott McNeill Whistler

Artwork Details

The Terrace, Luxembourg
1894
James Abbott McNeill Whistler
transfer lithograph with stumping on laid paper
8 3/16 in x 12 1/4 in (20.8 cm x 31.2 cm);8 3/16 in x 12 1/4 in (20.8 cm x 31.2 cm);14 3/16 in x 19 5/16 in (36 cm x 49 cm)
Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker
1954/1.448

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Subject Matter:

Whistler's lithographs of the Luxembourg Gardens often focused on groupings of mothers or nannies and their charges. In this image, the group of women and girls before the terrace balustrade are vignetted with only cursory indication of setting.

Physical Description:

Six figures, women and girls, sit or stand in front of a balustrade. On the left side is an urn holding a plant; the upper portion of a young tree projects above the balustrade at center; in the distance on the right appears the upper portion of a building with a mansard roof

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