Print, Street at Saverne, ca. 1858, James McNeill Whistler, circa 1858

Vertical rectangle. A night scene in a narrow village street. The buildings are bathed in brilliant moonlight, left. A lantern shines on a building, right. The plate is crossed by bisecting lines from the four corners and four parallel horizontal lines, all in dry point. Date: circa 1858. Dimensions: Platemark: 20.8 x 15.8 cm (8 3/16 x 6 1/4 in.); ; H x W: 34.3 x 25.4 cm (13 1/2 in. x 10 in.). Medium: etching on paper. Collection: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Print, Street at Saverne, ca. 1858 (CH 18417681)