Print, La Vieille aux Loques (The Old Rag Woman), ca. 1858, James McNeill Whistler, circa 1858

In an open doorway of a shop sits an old woman in right profile, hands in lap, and head bent forward in sleep. On the shelves above and beyond her are various odds and ends. Date: circa 1858. Dimensions: Sheet: 27.7 x 20.6 cm (10 7/8 x 8 1/8 in.); ; Platemark: 20.5 x 14.6 cm (8 1/16 x 5 3/4 in.). Medium: etching on white paper. Collection: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Print, La Vieille aux Loques (The Old Rag Woman), ca. 1858 (CH 18417705)