Whistler's Printmaking Oeuvre
May 2026
These prints represent the diverse printmaking techniques and subjects of James McNeill Whistler, the influential American expatriate artist who worked in etching, drypoint, and lithography across American and European locations.
140 objects · 3 institutions
A Fragment of Piccadilly
Cleveland Museum of Art
1886
Amsterdam from the Tolhuis
Cleveland Museum of Art
1863
Anacapa Island
Art Institute of Chicago
1854
Annie, Seated
Art Institute of Chicago
1858/59
Archway, Brussels
Art Institute of Chicago
1887
Axenfeld
Cleveland Museum of Art
1860
Bibi Lalouette
Art Institute of Chicago
1859
Billingsgate
Cleveland Museum of Art
1859
Billingsgate
Art Institute of Chicago
1859
Bird-Cages, Chelsea
Art Institute of Chicago
1887
C. L. Drouet, Sculptor
Art Institute of Chicago
1859
Cameo, No. 1 (Mother and Child)
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1890–93
Cameo, No. 1 (Mother and Child)
Art Institute of Chicago
1891
Chelsea Rags
Art Institute of Chicago
1888
Chelsea Rags
Cleveland Museum of Art
1888
Children, Portsmouth
Art Institute of Chicago
1887
Cocks and Hens, Hotel Colbert
Cleveland Museum of Art
1891
Conversation under the Statue, Luxembourg Gardens
Art Institute of Chicago
1893
Doorway and Vine
Harvard Art Museums
1879-1880
Doorway, Stables - Loches
Art Institute of Chicago
1888
Dordrecht
Art Institute of Chicago
1886
Draped Figure, Standing
Art Institute of Chicago
1891
Draped Model, Standing by a Sofa
Art Institute of Chicago
1893 (printed posthumously 1904)
Elinor Leyland
Art Institute of Chicago
1874
Finette
Art Institute of Chicago
1859
Finette
Art Institute of Chicago
1859
Fishing Quay, Ostend
Art Institute of Chicago
1887
Florence Leyland
Art Institute of Chicago
1874
Flower Market, Brussels
Cleveland Museum of Art
1887
Fruit Stall
Art Institute of Chicago
1879/80
Fulham
Cleveland Museum of Art
1878–79
Fumette's Bent Head
Art Institute of Chicago
1859
Gray's Inn Place
Art Institute of Chicago
1887
Gray's Inn Place
Art Institute of Chicago
1887
Great Riot at the Astor Place
Art Institute of Chicago
n.d.
Greenhithe
Art Institute of Chicago
1877
Greenwich Park
Art Institute of Chicago
1859
Her Majesty's Fleet: Evening
Art Institute of Chicago
1887
House Where Whistler Died
Art Institute of Chicago
1904
House Where Whistler Died
Cleveland Museum of Art
1904
Hôtel Colbert, Windows
Art Institute of Chicago
1891
James MacNeill Whistler
Cleveland Museum of Art
1903
James MacNeill Whistler
Cleveland Museum of Art
1899
Joanna Hefferman, "La Belle Irlandaise"
Cleveland Museum of Art
1866
La Danseuse - A Study of the Nude
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1891
La Jolie New Yorkaise
Art Institute of Chicago
1894
La Marchande de Moutarde (The Mustard Seller)
Art Institute of Chicago
1858
La Mère Gérard
Art Institute of Chicago
1858
La Robe Rouge
Cleveland Museum of Art
1894
La Robe rouge
Art Institute of Chicago
1894
La Vieille aux Loques
Harvard Art Museums
1858
Lady and Child
Art Institute of Chicago
1892
Lagoon--Noon
Art Institute of Chicago
1879/80
Landscape with Horses
Art Institute of Chicago
1859
Late Picquet
Art Institute of Chicago
1894
Lindsey Row, Chelsea
Art Institute of Chicago
1888
Little Arthur
Art Institute of Chicago
1857/58
Little Velvet Dress
Cleveland Museum of Art
1873
Lobster Pots - Selsea Bill
Art Institute of Chicago
1880/81
Maunder's Fish Shop, Chelsea
Art Institute of Chicago
1890
Model Draping
Cleveland Museum of Art
1890
Mother and Child, No. 1
Art Institute of Chicago
1891, printed 1895
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Mother and Daughter [La Mère Malade]
Art Institute of Chicago
1897
Needlework
Cleveland Museum of Art
1896
Pickle Herring Wharf
Art Institute of Chicago
1876/77
Ponte del Piovan
Cleveland Museum of Art
1886
Ponte del Piovan
Art Institute of Chicago
1879/80
Portrait Study: Mrs. Philip
Art Institute of Chicago
1896
Quai de Montebello
Art Institute of Chicago
1888
Quiet Canal
Art Institute of Chicago
1879/80
Reading
Art Institute of Chicago
1879/87
Ross Winans
Art Institute of Chicago
1860
Shipping at Liverpool
Cleveland Museum of Art
1867
Sketch of a Blacksmith
Art Institute of Chicago
1895
Sketches of Miss Philip and Mr. A. Studd
Art Institute of Chicago
1895
Sketching
Art Institute of Chicago
1861
St James's Place, Houndsditch
Art Institute of Chicago
1886
St. James's Street
Art Institute of Chicago
1878
Staircase
Art Institute of Chicago
1891
Street at Saverne
Art Institute of Chicago
1858
Street at Saverne
Art Institute of Chicago
1858
Study
Art Institute of Chicago
1878
Study
Cleveland Museum of Art
1878
Study
Art Institute of Chicago
1878
Study
Art Institute of Chicago
1894
Study for "Swimming"
Art Institute of Chicago
July 1884
Thames Police
Cleveland Museum of Art
1859
Thames Police
Art Institute of Chicago
1859
The Balcony
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1880
The Barrow - Quartier des Marolles, Brussels
Art Institute of Chicago
1887
The Beggars
Cleveland Museum of Art
1880
The Cap
Cleveland Museum of Art
1893
The Church - Brussels (Adoration)
Art Institute of Chicago
1887
The Dancing Girl
Art Institute of Chicago
1889
The Dancing Girl
Cleveland Museum of Art
1890
The Doctor
Art Institute of Chicago
1894, published 1896
The Dyer
Cleveland Museum of Art
1879–80
The Farriers
Art Institute of Chicago
1888
The Garden
Cleveland Museum of Art
1879–80
The Garden Porch
Art Institute of Chicago
1894
The Litte Café au Bois
Cleveland Museum of Art
1894
The Little Balcony
Art Institute of Chicago
1894
The Little Lagoon
Art Institute of Chicago
1879/80
The Little Mast
Art Institute of Chicago
1879/80
The Little Mast
Cleveland Museum of Art
1880
The Little Pool
Cleveland Museum of Art
1861
The Little Venice
Art Institute of Chicago
1880
The Mill
Art Institute of Chicago
1889
The Music Room
Harvard Art Museums
1859
The Novel: Girl Reading
Art Institute of Chicago
probably 1889
The Old Smith's Story
Art Institute of Chicago
1895
The Palaces
Art Institute of Chicago
1879/80
The Pool
Cleveland Museum of Art
1859
The Priest's House, Rouen
Art Institute of Chicago
1894/95
The Rag Shop, Milman's Row
Art Institute of Chicago
1887
The Riva, No. 1
Cleveland Museum of Art
1880
The Russian Schube
Art Institute of Chicago
1896
The Shoemaker
Art Institute of Chicago
1896
The Strong Arm
Art Institute of Chicago
1895
The Sunny Smithy
Art Institute of Chicago
1895
The Temple
Art Institute of Chicago
1880/81
The Traghetto, No. 2
Art Institute of Chicago
1880
The Two Doorways
Art Institute of Chicago
1879/80
The Tyresmith
Art Institute of Chicago
1890
The Venetian Mast
Art Institute of Chicago
1879/80
The Village Sweet Shop
Art Institute of Chicago
1886
The Wine Glass
Art Institute of Chicago
1859
The Wine Glass
Art Institute of Chicago
1858
Theatre, Loches
Art Institute of Chicago
1888
Traghetto
Art Institute of Chicago
1879/80
Turkeys
Art Institute of Chicago
1880
Twelve Etchings from Nature: La Rétameuse
Cleveland Museum of Art
1858
Two Doorways
Cleveland Museum of Art
1880
Venus
Art Institute of Chicago
1859
Victoria Club
Art Institute of Chicago
1879/87
Whistler Asleep
Art Institute of Chicago
1897
Whistler no. 2
Art Institute of Chicago
1902/03
Whistler with a Hat
Art Institute of Chicago
1859
Windsor (Memorial)
Art Institute of Chicago
1887
Yellow House, Lannion
Art Institute of Chicago
1893