M2780: Afternoon Tea

Identification and Creation

Object Number

M2780

People

James Abbott McNeill Whistler, American (Lowell, MA 1834 - 1903 London, England)

Title

Afternoon Tea

Other Titles

Series/Book Title: L'Album d'estampes originales de la Galerie Vollard, II

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

c. 1895

Places

Creation Place: North America, United States

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/262477

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Transfer lithograph print in black on tan Japanese vellum paper

Technique

Lithograph

Dimensions

sheet: 37.3 x 24.4 cm (14 11/16 x 9 5/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: graphite butterfly
• inscription: lower right corner, graphite: a9430
• inscription: lower left, graphite: W [147 erased]
• inscription: lower margin, toward center, graphite: a short dash with a caret to it from below
• inscription: verso, lower left, graphite: a44615 [underlined] / nw-
• collector's mark: verso, lower center, black ink, stamped: HHB [interlocking and overlapping] [(Lugt 2936) Henry Harper Benedict]
• inscription: lower margin slightly to right of center, graphite: [butterfly]
• inscription: lithographed above the right figured proper left shoulder: [butterfly]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

H. H. Benedict, (2936).
Paul J. Sachs, Gift to Fogg Art Museum, 1924.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State

only state

Standard Reference Number

Way 147; Art Institute of Chicago 173

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Paul J. Sachs

Accession Year

1924

Object Number

M2780

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

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