Twelve Etchings from Nature: La Veille aux Loques

1858

Part of his groundbreaking debut series, this etching displays Whistler's compassionate eye for society's margins and his growing technical mastery of the medium.

Medium: etching

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James McNeill Whistler, Twelve Etchings from Nature: La Veille aux Loques, 1858

Part of his groundbreaking debut series, this etching displays Whistler's compassionate eye for society's margins and his growing technical mastery of the medium.

Medium: etching
Year: 1858
Seen at: Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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Art Institute of Chicago, Cleveland Museum of Art