Bird-Cages, Chelsea — James Abbott McNeill Whistler

James Abbott McNeill Whistler

Bird-Cages, Chelsea

1887

Dating
Exact year
Held at
Art Institute of Chicago
Medium
Etching and drypoint with foul biting in black ink on cream laid paper
Dimensions
Image, trimmed within platemark: 15.1 × 22.9 cm (6 × 9 1/16 in.); Sheet: 15.6 × 23.1 cm (6 3/16 × 9 1/8 in.)
Collection no.
1937.172
Attribution
By the artist
Image rights
CC0 1.0License details

James Abbott McNeill Whistler. Bird-Cages, Chelsea. Art Institute of Chicago. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.

Collection: Art Institute of Chicago

About this artwork

Bird-Cages, Chelsea — James Abbott McNeill Whistler. 1887.

Medium: Etching and drypoint with foul biting in black ink on cream laid paper. Dimensions: Image, trimmed within platemark: 15.1 × 22.9 cm (6 × 9 1/16 in.); Sheet: 15.6 × 23.1 cm (6 3/16 × 9 1/8 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.

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