The Pantheon, From The Terrace Of The Luxembourg Gardens
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''The Pantheon, from the Terrace of the Luxembourg Gardens'' is a lithograph by the American artist
James Abbott McNeill Whistler James Abbott McNeill Whistler (; July 10, 1834July 17, 1903) was an American painter in oils and watercolor, and printmaker, active during the American Gilded Age and based primarily in the United Kingdom. He eschewed sentimentality and moral a ...
, created in 1893. Whistler's friend and printer, Thomas R. Way, wrote the definitive catalogue of Whistler's lithographs. In it, ''The Pantheon, from the Terrace of the Luxembourg Gardens'' is listed as catalogue number 45, and he describes it as such: "In the distance the dark dome rises above trees, and the roofs of buildings. In the front, the terrace with stone balustrade crosses the picture; two vases are raised on the stonework, and in front on the right, two ladies, one seated, the other standing, and on the left, two nurses and a child; a cloudy sky above." Whistler and Way pulled a total of only 15 lifetime impressions, and most are found in museums. The one known to be in private hands belonged to singer and actress
Doris Day Doris Day (born Doris Mary Kappelhoff; April 3, 1922 – May 13, 2019) was an American actress and singer. She began her career as a big band singer in 1937, achieving commercial success in 1945 with two No. 1 recordings, "Sentimental Journey ...
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