<Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> 144.3 cm × 162.4 cm (56.8 in × 63.9 in) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Location </Th> <Td> Musée d'Orsay, Paris </Td> </Tr> <P> Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1, best known under its colloquial name Whistler's Mother, is a painting in oils on canvas created by the American - born painter James McNeill Whistler in 1871 . The subject of the painting is Whistler's mother, Anna McNeill Whistler . The painting is 56.81 by 63.94 inches (144.3 cm × 162.4 cm), displayed in a frame of Whistler's own design . It is exhibited in and held by the Musée d'Orsay in Paris, having been bought by the French state in 1891 . It is one of the most famous works by an American artist outside the United States . It has been variously described as an American icon and a Victorian Mona Lisa . </P> <P> Anna McNeill Whistler posed for the painting while living in London with her son at Cheyne Walk, Chelsea . </P>

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