The Kitchen | ||
Number: | 16 | |
Date: | 1858 | |
Medium: | etching | |
Size: | 227 x 157 mm | |
Signed: | 'Whistler' at lower right | |
Inscribed: | 'Imp. Delatre. Rue St. Jacques. 171.' at lower right (2); partly removed (3) | |
Set/Publication: | 'French Set', 1858; Fine Art Society, 1885 (3) | |
No. of States: | 3 | |
Known impressions: | 67 | |
Catalogues: | K.24; M.24; T.13; W.19 | |
Impressions taken from this plate (67) |
The Kitchen was drawn during Whistler's etching tour of the Rhineland between 14 August and 7 October 1858.
It was published in Douze eaux-fortes d'après Nature (the 'French Set') in 1858, and by the Fine Art Society in 1885.
Comparable scenes include La Marchande de Moutarde 020 and La Vieille aux Loques 027.