Seymour Seated

1857–58

Dating: Date range
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Etching, printed in black ink on fine buff Japan; third state of three (Glasgow)
Dimensions: plate: 5 5/16 x 3 13/16 in. (13.5 x 9.7 cm) sheet: 6 5/16 x 4 3/4 in. (16 x 12.1 cm)
Collection no.: 17.3.24
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: CC0 1.0License details

James Abbott McNeill Whistler. Seymour Seated. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

Seymour Seated — James Abbott McNeill Whistler. 1857–58.

Medium: Etching, printed in black ink on fine buff Japan; third state of three (Glasgow). Dimensions: plate: 5 5/16 x 3 13/16 in. (13.5 x 9.7 cm) sheet: 6 5/16 x 4 3/4 in. (16 x 12.1 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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