James Tissot

A Walk in the Snow

1880

Dating
Exact year
Held at
Art Institute of Chicago
Medium
Etching and drypoint in black and red on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Image/plate: 56.1 × 26.8 cm (22 1/8 × 10 9/16 in.); Sheet: 68.5 × 45.6 cm (27 × 18 in.)
Collection no.
2013.1286
Attribution
By the artist

Collection: Art Institute of Chicago

About this artwork

A Walk in the Snow — James Tissot. 1880.

Medium: Etching and drypoint in black and red on ivory laid paper. Dimensions: Image/plate: 56.1 × 26.8 cm (22 1/8 × 10 9/16 in.); Sheet: 68.5 × 45.6 cm (27 × 18 in.).

Collection record: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

The sitter is Tissot’s muse and companion, Kathleen Newton.

Description: © Art Institute of Chicago, original record, CC BY 4.0. HTML formatting removed; wording retained. Other artwork metadata: CC0.

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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