London Bridge

c. 1875

James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    drypoint on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 15.6 × 23.2 cm (6 1/8 × 9 1/8 in.)
    sheet (irreg.): 19.5 × 27.3 cm (7 11/16 × 10 3/4 in.)

  • Accession

    1943.3.8485

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    MacDonald 2012, no. 172, state v/vi

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Tracy Dows [b. 1871], New York (Lugt 2427); (probably sold through M. Knoedler, New York, 1911); Lessing Julius Rosenwald [1891-1971], Philadelphia, (Lugt 1760b-c), purchased 1928; 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. 153, iv/v.

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. 172, state v/vi.

Inscriptions

[Whistler's butterfly signature] lower right composition, in plate, artist's hand. Not dated. "London Bridge" lower center margin, graphite, unknown hand. "k.153 IV" lower right margin, graphite, artist's hand. "8" lower right margin, graphite, artist's hand. "w.123" verso, lower left sheet, graphite, unknown hand.

Markings

"LRJ" verso, black stamped ink, stamped twice. "National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink. "TD" (Tracy Dows collector's stamp) vero, black stamped ink (Lugt 2427).

Watermarks

"LPB"

Wikidata ID

Q65021902

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