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The Old Swan Brewery, Chelsea

James McNeill Whistler · 1872/73

Palette

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Artist

James McNeill Whistler
American, 1834-1903

Date

1872/73

Type

Print

Medium

Etching in dark brown ink on ivory laid paper

Size

Plate: 6.7 × 9.9 cm (2 11/16 × 3 15/16 in.); Sheet: 7 × 9.9 cm (2 13/16 × 3 15/16 in.)

Place

United States

Period

19th century

Main colour

Gold & ochre · lightness 72, colourfulness 16

Art Institute of Chicago, Bequest of Bryan Lathrop. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's is_public_domain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-25); image released under CC0. Licence rules