Early Morning

1878

Dating: Exact year
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Lithotint with scraping, on a prepared half-tint ground, printed in black ink on cream wove paper; third state of four (Chicago)
Dimensions: Image: 6 1/2 × 10 3/16 in. (16.5 × 25.9 cm) Sheet: 7 1/16 × 10 5/8 in. (17.9 × 27 cm)
Collection no.: 17.3.160
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: CC0 1.0License details

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

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

Early Morning — James Abbott McNeill Whistler. 1878.

Medium: Lithotint with scraping, on a prepared half-tint ground, printed in black ink on cream wove paper; third state of four (Chicago). Dimensions: Image: 6 1/2 × 10 3/16 in. (16.5 × 25.9 cm) Sheet: 7 1/16 × 10 5/8 in. (17.9 × 27 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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