La Vieille aux Loques

Whistler, James McNeill, 1834-1903 · [1858]

Within the open doorway of a shop sits an old woman, facing to the right, wearing a dark cape and white cap, her hands on her knees and her head bent forward as in sleep. On the door-sill, by her side, is an empty sack, and within the shop, on a shelf at the left, are a jar, a basin, a bow, and a coffee pot. On other shelves are various odds and ends. On the outer wall, at the right, toward the bottom of the plate, "Whistler."