Fitzroy Square, 1878/1881

Not on View

Medium

etching on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 12.5 × 9.2 cm (4 15/16 × 3 5/8 in.)

sheet: 22.5 × 17 cm (8 7/8 × 6 11/16 in.)

Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection

Catalogue Raisonné

MacDonald 2012, no. 183, state ii/ii

Accession Number

1943.3.8658

Artists / Makers

James McNeill Whistler (artist) American, 1834 - 1903

Image Use

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Inscription

[Whistler's butterfly signature] lower left composition, in plate, artist's hand. " J. Mc. N. Whistler, delt." lower left composition, in plate. Not dated. "Fitzroy Square" lower center margin, graphite, unknown hand. "JP" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. Verso: none.

Marks and Labels

"LRJ" verso, black stamped ink, stamped twice. "National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink.

Provenance

Sir Frank Short [1857-1945]. Bought August 13, 1931 by Lessing Julius Rosenwald [1891-1971], Philadelphia, (Lugt 1760b); gift to National Gallery of Art, 1943.

Associated Names

Rosenwald, Lessing Julius
Short, Frank

Exhibition History

1931: Etchings, Lithographs, Original Drawings, and Autograph Letters by James A. McNeill Whistler, The Free Library of Philadelphia, 1931.

Bibliography

1910: Kennedy, Edward G. The Etched Work of Whistler. New York: Grolier Club, 1910, no. 3.

2012: MacDonald, Margaret F., Grischka Petri, Joanna Meacock.James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonné. University of Glasgow on-line website at http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. University of Glasgow, 2012, no. 183, state ii/iii.