The Wine Glass — James Abbott McNeill Whistler

James Abbott McNeill Whistler

The Wine Glass

1858

Dating
Exact year
Held at
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium
Etching, printed in dark brownish-black ink on fibrous laid Japan; second state of two (Glasgow)
Dimensions
Plate: 3 3/16 × 2 3/16 in. (8.2 × 5.5 cm) Sheet: 8 11/16 × 5 3/8 in. (22 × 13.7 cm)
Collection no.
17.3.22
Attribution
By the artist
Image rights
CC0 1.0License details

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

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

The Wine Glass — James Abbott McNeill Whistler. 1858.

Medium: Etching, printed in dark brownish-black ink on fibrous laid Japan; second state of two (Glasgow). Dimensions: Plate: 3 3/16 × 2 3/16 in. (8.2 × 5.5 cm) Sheet: 8 11/16 × 5 3/8 in. (22 × 13.7 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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