The Hammock (1880): Art, History and Details

The Hammock (1880) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is James Tissot (French, 1836–1902).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

This etching depicts Kathleen Newton, a British divorcee who frequently modeled for the French artist James Tissot during the 1870s, while he lived in London. Based on a painting of the previous year, the print shows Newton reclining on a tasseled hammock in the artist’s own garden, engrossed in a novel. Tissot reinterpreted many of his paintings as etchings, inspired by a revived interest in the medium.

Object facts

• Title: The Hammock
• Date: 1880
• Creator attribution: James Tissot (French, 1836–1902)
• Culture: France, 19th century
• Type: Print
• Technique: etching and drypoint on antique laid paper
• Dimensions: Image: 27.7 x 18.1 cm (10 7/8 x 7 1/8 in.); Sheet: 35 x 20.1 cm (13 3/4 x 7 15/16 in.)
• Collection: PR - Etching
• Department: Prints
• Accession number: 2018.301

A detail from the museum

The inscription on this print, in Tissot’s handwriting, indicated that work on his printing plate was complete.

Collection credit

Gift of the Print Club of Cleveland in honor of Elizabeth Shearer

Further reading listed by the museum

• Wentworth, Michael, and James Tissot. James Tissot: Catalogue Raisonné of His Prints. 1978.

View the collection record

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