Amsterdam from the Tolhuis

1863

James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and drypoint on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 13.34 x 20.96 cm (5 1/4 x 8 1/4 in.)
    sheet: 20.32 x 27.94 cm (8 x 11 in.)

  • Accession

    1943.3.8457

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    MacDonald 2012, no. 99, state iii/viii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Albert W. Scholle [died 1910], New York, (Lugt 2923a). Lessing Julius Rosenwald [1891-1971], Philadelphia, (Lugt 1760b-c); gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

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. 91, i/iv.

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. 99, state iii/viii.

Inscriptions

on plate: Whistler - 1863 / à Amsterdam - Tolhuis; [pencil butterfly of 1890s]; by later hand on verso: a c 7446; on recto: 4

Wikidata ID

Q65021874

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