Count Burckhardt (from "Once a Week," September 27, 1862)
James McNeill Whistler|Dalziel Brothers
September 27, 1862
Medium
Wood engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 9 1/2 × 6 1/4 in. (24.2 × 15.8 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Anonymous Gift, 1925
Accession Number
25.78.1029
Tags
WindowsWomen
About the Artist
James McNeill Whistler|Dalziel Brothers · 1834–1903
James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834-1903) was an American-born painter and printmaker who became a leading figure in the Aesthetic Movement and pioneer of Tonalism and Japonisme. He revolutionized art by championing "art for art's sake" and treating paintings as visual equivalents of musical compositions, titling works as "arrangements," "harmonies," and "nocturnes" to emphasize formal qualities o...