The Dog on the Kennel

1858

Dating: Exact year
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Etching, printed in black ink on coarse fibrous wove paper; second state of two (Glasgow)
Dimensions: plate: 2 13/16 x 3 1/2 in. (7.1 x 8.9 cm) sheet: ca. 4 7/8 x ca. 8 in. (12.4 x 20.3 cm)
Collection no.: 17.3.11
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: CC0 1.0License details

James Abbott McNeill Whistler. The Dog on the Kennel. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

The Dog on the Kennel — James Abbott McNeill Whistler. 1858.

Medium: Etching, printed in black ink on coarse fibrous wove paper; second state of two (Glasgow). Dimensions: plate: 2 13/16 x 3 1/2 in. (7.1 x 8.9 cm) sheet: ca. 4 7/8 x ca. 8 in. (12.4 x 20.3 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.

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