Art, literature & history
The Palaces
1879
- Dating
- Exact year
- Medium
- Etching, drypoint and open bite (?); fifth state of six (Glasgow); Printed in black ink on fine ivory laid paper
- Dimensions
- plate: 9 15/16 x 14 in. (25.2 x 35.6 cm) plate: 11 x 14 5/8 in. (27.9 x 37.1 cm)
- Collection no.
- 41.1.196
- 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 (?); fifth state of six (Glasgow); Printed in black ink on fine ivory laid paper. Dimensions: plate: 9 15/16 x 14 in. (25.2 x 35.6 cm) plate: 11 x 14 5/8 in. (27.9 x 37.1 cm).
Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
Credit line: Gift of Felix M. Warburg and his family, 1941.
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.