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Afternoon Tea

ca. 1893-1894
19th century
185 x 159 mm (7.3 x 6.3 in.)

James McNeill Whistler, American, (1834–1903)

Alternative title: La Conversation

Object Type: print

Medium and Support: Transfer lithograph on heavyweight Japan laid paper

Print impression quality: Very good; transfer paper; thin, vegetal, over textured surface

Edition: One of a few impressions printed in Paris, ca. 1894 (possibly by La Mercier); 100 impressions were published by Vollard in L'Album d'estampes originales de la Galerie Vollard (Paris, 1897), printed on Japan Paper, signed and numbered in pencil by August Clot.

Marks: Signed in pencil (in artist’s hand?), lower right: butterfly monogram; inscribed in image, center right: butterfly monogram

Bibliography: Way 147; Levy 114; Johnson, Vollard, 203.

Credit Line: Gift of George W. Davison (BA Wesleyan 1892), 1947

Accession Number: 1947.D1.263

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afternoon, genre*, tea*, times of day

afternoon
genre - Use for pictorial representations, which may be in various media, that represent scenes or events from everyday life; usually used with another term such as "paintings" or "prints." [April 1991 descriptor moved.]
tea - Aromatic beverage prepared from selected dried leaves and buds of the tea plant, by infusion in hot water. [April 1995 scope note changed; alternate term added. March 1994 descriptor added.]
times of day

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image Dimensions: 185 x 159 mm (7.3 x 6.3 in.)

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James McNeill Whistler, American, (1834–1903) . Afternoon Tea, ca. 1893-1894. Transfer lithograph on heavyweight Japan laid paper. image : 185 x 159 mm (7.3 x 6.3 in.). Sheet : 395 x 244 mm (15.6 x 9.6 in.). DAC accession number 1947.D1.263. Gift of George W. Davison (BA Wesleyan 1892), 1947. Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (photo: T. Rodriguez) .

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