La Rétameuse

1858

Dating: Exact year
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Etching on tan chine on off-white wove paper (chine collé); second state of two (Glasgow)
Dimensions: Plate: 4 5/16 x 3 1/2 in. (11 x 8.9 cm) Sheet: 5 3/16 × 4 7/16 in. (13.2 × 11.2 cm)
Collection no.: 1970.121.79
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: CC0 1.0License details

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

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

La Rétameuse — James Abbott McNeill Whistler. 1858.

Medium: Etching on tan chine on off-white wove paper (chine collé); second state of two (Glasgow). Dimensions: Plate: 4 5/16 x 3 1/2 in. (11 x 8.9 cm) Sheet: 5 3/16 × 4 7/16 in. (13.2 × 11.2 cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: Gift of Margaret C. Buell, Helen L. King, and Sybil A. Walk, 1970.

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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