Art, literature & history
The Guitar Player (M.W. Ridley)
1874/1875
- Dating
- Date range
- Held at
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Medium
- Drypoint in dark brown ink on ivory laid paper
- Dimensions
- Plate: 27.7 × 17.7 cm (10 15/16 × 7 in.); Sheet: 31.5 × 18.7 cm (12 7/16 × 7 3/8 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1934.529
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
James Abbott McNeill Whistler. The Guitar Player (M.W. Ridley). Art Institute of Chicago. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
About this artwork
The Guitar Player (M.W. Ridley) — James Abbott McNeill Whistler. 1874/1875.
Medium: Drypoint in dark brown ink on ivory laid paper. Dimensions: Plate: 27.7 × 17.7 cm (10 15/16 × 7 in.); Sheet: 31.5 × 18.7 cm (12 7/16 × 7 3/8 in.).
Collection record: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
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.