The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of July 10, 2026

A vertically oriented lithograph with sketchy gray lines depicts a park scene with women and children on off-white paper. In the foreground, figures in long dresses and caps stand or sit; a woman at center holds a child toward us. To the left, people rest on a bench. In the middle ground, others walk among statues and hazy trees before faint buildings. A butterfly mark appears in the lower right.

Nursemaids

1894

James McNeill Whistler

(American, 1834–1903)
America
lithograph
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph King 1924.28
Catalogue raisonné: Way 48
Location: Not on view
  • Drawings, Etchings and Lithographs by Whistler: Gifts of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph King. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 18-March 11, 1924).
    Etchings and Lithographs by Whistler: Gifts and Loans of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph King. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 17-April 2, 1923).
  • {{cite web|title=Nursemaids|url=false|author=James McNeill Whistler|year=1894|access-date=10 July 2026|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1924.28