Art, literature & history
The Palaces
1879
- Dating
- Exact year
- Medium
- Etching, drypoint and open bite (?), printed in black ink on medium weight ivory laid paper; fifth state of six (Glasgow)
- Dimensions
- Plate: 9 13/16 × 14 3/16 in. (25 × 36 cm) Sheet: 10 1/16 × 14 5/16 in. (25.5 × 36.3 cm)
- Collection no.
- 17.3.89
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
James Abbott McNeill Whistler. The Palaces. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
About this artwork
The Palaces — James Abbott McNeill Whistler. 1879.
Medium: Etching, drypoint and open bite (?), printed in black ink on medium weight ivory laid paper; fifth state of six (Glasgow). Dimensions: Plate: 9 13/16 × 14 3/16 in. (25 × 36 cm) Sheet: 10 1/16 × 14 5/16 in. (25.5 × 36.3 cm).
Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
Credit line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917.
This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.
Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.
Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.