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Print made by James McNeill Whistler, 1834–1903, American, active in Britain (from 1859), Portsmouth Children, 1887
- Title:
Portsmouth Children
- Part Of:
- Date:
- 1887
- Medium:
- Etching on medium, slightly textured, cream antique laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 2 3/4 × 3 7/8 inches (7 × 9.9 cm), Image: 2 5/8 × 3 7/8 inches (6.6 × 9.9 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, on back, lower left: "182"; on back, lower center: "Presented to Howard Mansfield | by his friend Clarence Buckingham | Dec. 13. 1906."
Collector's mark, verso: Howard Mansfield (Lugt 1342); collectors mark: Harris G. Whittemore (Lugt 1384a)
artist's butterfly emblem, in black ink, within image, lower right
Signed with graphite butterfly monogram, lower left
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Robert N. Whittemore, Yale BS 1943
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B2002.8.7
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- beach | boats | caps | children | fleet review | flotilla | genre subject | jubilee | marine art | masts | navy | sailboats | sailing | sea | ships | shore (landform) | umbrella
- Associated Places:
- England | Europe | Hampshire | Portsmouth | United Kingdom
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:54602
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Whistler " The Naval Review " (Yale Center for British Art, 2005-05-19 - 2005-08-15) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition] [Exhibition Description]
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