Palaces, Brussels — James Abbott McNeill Whistler

James Abbott McNeill Whistler

Palaces, Brussels

1887

Dating
Exact year
Held at
Art Institute of Chicago
Medium
Etching and drypoint with foul biting in brown black ink on cream laid paper
Dimensions
Image, trimmed within platemark: 22 × 13.9 cm (8 11/16 × 5 1/2 in.); Sheet: 22.3 × 13.9 cm (8 13/16 × 5 1/2 in.)
Collection no.
1938.1872
Attribution
By the artist
Image rights
CC0 1.0License details

James Abbott McNeill Whistler. Palaces, Brussels. Art Institute of Chicago. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.

Collection: Art Institute of Chicago

About this artwork

Palaces, Brussels — James Abbott McNeill Whistler. 1887.

Medium: Etching and drypoint with foul biting in brown black ink on cream laid paper. Dimensions: Image, trimmed within platemark: 22 × 13.9 cm (8 11/16 × 5 1/2 in.); Sheet: 22.3 × 13.9 cm (8 13/16 × 5 1/2 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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