Yale Center for British Art

Creator:

James McNeill Whistler, 1834–1903, American, active in Britain (from 1859)

Title:

The Dressmaker's Shop

Date:

ca. 1897

Materials & Techniques:

Watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper

Dimensions:

Sheet: 8 7/8 × 5 3/8 inches (22.5 × 13.7 cm)

Credit Line:

Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:

Public Domain

Accession Number:

B1993.30.123

Classification:

Drawings & Watercolors

Collection:

Prints and Drawings

Subject Terms:

architectural subject | dressmaker | windows | fronts, shop | cityscape

Currently On View:

Not on view

Exhibition History:

Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)

Whistler " The Naval Review " (Yale Center for British Art, 2005-05-19 - 2005-08-15)

Whistler, Women, and Fashion (The Frick Collection, 2003-04-22 - 2003-07-13)

Publications:

Paul Mellon's Legacy : a passion for British art [large print labels], , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2007, v. 2, N5220 M552 P381 2007 OVERSIZE (YCBA)

John Wilmerding, Essays in honor of Paul Mellon, collector and benefactor : Essays, , National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC & Hanover, NH, 1986, p. 124, fig. 11, N7442.2 M455 1986 (YCBA)

Link:

https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:4115