The Butcher's Dog
Medium
Transfer lithograph; fourth state of four (Chicago incorrectly lists both MMA impressions as second states); printed in black ink on medium weight ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 7 1/8 × 5 3/16 in. (18.1 × 13.1 cm) Sheet: 12 5/16 x 8 1/2 in. (31.3 x 21.6 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
H.O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H.O. Havemeyer, 1929
Accession Number
29.107.112
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About the Artist
James McNeill Whistler · 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...