The Toilet

Prints and Drawings

1878

James McNeill Whistler
American, 1834-1903

From the early 1870s until the late 1880s, Maud Franklin posed formally and informally for many of Whistler’s paintings, drawings, and prints. Initially his professional model, she soon became Whistler’s mistress, but their relationship ended with his marriage to Beatrice Godwin in 1888. Franklin also modeled for Mortimer Menpes and William Stott of Oldham.

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Prints and Drawings

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Title: The Toilet
Place: United States (Artist's nationality)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: Made 1878
Medium: Lithotint with scraping and incising, on a prepared half-tint ground, in black on cream wove paper
Dimensions: Image: 26 × 16.4 cm (10 1/4 × 6 1/2 in.); Sheet: 27.9 × 17.7 cm (11 × 7 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of the Crown Family in honor of James N. Wood
Reference Number: 2004.531
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Way 6

Levy 12, 13

Chicago 10 I/V

Cat. 10 The Toilet, 1878

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