The Gentle Art: Friends and strangers in Whistler’s prints
Tue 29 January 2019 - Sun 12 May 2019
Fitzwilliam Museum
To complement the major show on James McNeill Whistler, the Print Room is holding an exhibition of the artist’s etchings, drypoints and lithographs from the Fitzwilliam’s collection, focussing on people. The range will include figures emerging from the shadows in the artist’s early ‘French set’ of the 1850s, intimate domestic scenes of friends and fellow artists in London, and late lithographs of nudes and portraits of his sister-in-law ‘Bunnie’, made in the 1890s. Whistler’s relationships with a number of friends quickly soured as they became the victims of his humour. On such occasions his butterfly signature acquired a barbed tail to match the sting of his sharp wit, as immortalised in his collection of letters and pamphlets, such as 'The Gentle Art of Making Enemies' that is displayed in the exhibition.
Cost: Free
Enquiries and booking
No need to book.
Timing
10:00am-5:00pm Tuesday-Saturday every week from Tuesday 29 January 2019 until Saturday 11 May 2019
12:00pm-5:00pm Sunday every week from Sunday 3 February 2019 until Sunday 12 May 2019
12:00pm-5:00pm on Monday 22 April 2019
12:00pm-5:00pm on Monday 6 May 2019
All times
Tue 29 January 2019 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 30 January 2019 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 31 January 2019 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 1 February 2019 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 2 February 2019 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sun 3 February 2019 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Tue 5 February 2019 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 6 February 2019 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 7 February 2019 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 8 February 2019 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 9 February 2019 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sun 10 February 2019 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Tue 12 February 2019 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 13 February 2019 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 14 February 2019 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 15 February 2019 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 16 February 2019 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sun 17 February 2019 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Tue 19 February 2019 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 20 February 2019 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 21 February 2019 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 22 February 2019 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 23 February 2019 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sun 24 February 2019 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Tue 26 February 2019 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 27 February 2019 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 28 February 2019 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 1 March 2019 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 2 March 2019 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sun 3 March 2019 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Tue 5 March 2019 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 6 March 2019 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 7 March 2019 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 8 March 2019 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 9 March 2019 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sun 10 March 2019 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Tue 12 March 2019 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 13 March 2019 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 14 March 2019 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 15 March 2019 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 16 March 2019 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sun 17 March 2019 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Tue 19 March 2019 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 20 March 2019 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 21 March 2019 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 22 March 2019 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 23 March 2019 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sun 24 March 2019 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Tue 26 March 2019 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 27 March 2019 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 28 March 2019 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 29 March 2019 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 30 March 2019 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sun 31 March 2019 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Tue 2 April 2019 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 3 April 2019 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 4 April 2019 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 5 April 2019 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 6 April 2019 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sun 7 April 2019 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Tue 9 April 2019 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 10 April 2019 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 11 April 2019 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 12 April 2019 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 13 April 2019 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sun 14 April 2019 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Tue 16 April 2019 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 17 April 2019 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 18 April 2019 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 19 April 2019 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 20 April 2019 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sun 21 April 2019 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Mon 22 April 2019 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Tue 23 April 2019 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 24 April 2019 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 25 April 2019 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 26 April 2019 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 27 April 2019 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sun 28 April 2019 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Tue 30 April 2019 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 1 May 2019 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 2 May 2019 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 3 May 2019 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 4 May 2019 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sun 5 May 2019 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Mon 6 May 2019 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Tue 7 May 2019 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 8 May 2019 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 9 May 2019 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 10 May 2019 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 11 May 2019 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sun 12 May 2019 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |