James Whistler Lithograph The Old Marble Hall, Venice Medium: lithograph (after the pastel). The lithography was executed by Whistler's friend and fellow artist Thomas Way, and published in London by The Studio in 1905 for a rare deluxe portfolio. Printed on smooth wove paper, the lithograph measures 9 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches the frame is approx 11inx16in. The lithograph is presented as originally published: mounted along the top edge onto a brown backing sheet, which is itself mounted onto a stiff antique paperboard. Signed in the plate, not hand-signed. James Abbott McNeill Whistler 1834 – 1903 was an American artist, active during the American Gilded Age and based primarily in the UK. He was averse to sentimentality and moral allusion in painting, and was a leading proponent of the credo "art for art's sake". His famous signature for his paintings was in the shape of a stylized butterfly possessing a long stinger for a tail. Whistler influenced the art world and the broader culture of his time with his artistic theories and his friendships with leading artists and writers