Chelsea

1878/79

Dating: Date range
Held at: Art Institute of Chicago
Medium: Etching and drypoint with foul biting in black ink on ivory laid paper
Dimensions: Plate: 13.3 × 20.7 cm (5 1/4 × 8 3/16 in.); Sheet: 22.6 × 31.2 cm (8 15/16 × 12 5/16 in.)
Collection no.: 1970.613
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: CC0 1.0License details

James Abbott McNeill Whistler. Chelsea. Art Institute of Chicago. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.

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Chelsea — James Abbott McNeill Whistler. 1878/79.

Medium: Etching and drypoint with foul biting in black ink on ivory laid paper. Dimensions: Plate: 13.3 × 20.7 cm (5 1/4 × 8 3/16 in.); Sheet: 22.6 × 31.2 cm (8 15/16 × 12 5/16 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.

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