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The Tyresmith

James McNeill Whistler

National Gallery of Art

This is a drawing of an interior scene with figures in a passageway. The drawing depicts a dimly lit interior scene where several figures are distributed throughout a passageway. The scene features a colonnaded structure with visible beams on the ceiling and a tiled floor. The main figures stand in the foreground and mid-ground, each engaged in their actions or posed in conversation. The sketch is executed in soft, subtle pencil strokes, focusing more on the play of light and shadow than detailed textures.

Artwork Details

Date
1890
Medium
lithograph in black on wove paper
Dimensions
3090 × 4000 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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