Art, literature & history
The Music-Room
1859
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Medium
- Etching with foul biting in black ink on off-white wove paper
- Dimensions
- Plate: 14.5 × 21.2 cm (5 3/4 × 8 3/8 in.); Sheet: 21.2 × 30.2 cm (8 3/8 × 11 15/16 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1938.1907
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
James Abbott McNeill Whistler. The Music-Room. Art Institute of Chicago. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
About this artwork
The Music-Room — James Abbott McNeill Whistler. 1859.
Medium: Etching with foul biting in black ink on off-white wove paper. Dimensions: Plate: 14.5 × 21.2 cm (5 3/4 × 8 3/8 in.); Sheet: 21.2 × 30.2 cm (8 3/8 × 11 15/16 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.