Steamboat Fleet

1875/1876

James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

James McNeill Whistler

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    drypoint in black on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    plate (cut to platemark): 13.5 × 21.2 cm (5 5/16 × 8 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2005.145.32

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Kennedy 1910, no. 156, ii/ii

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Howard Mansfield [b. 1849], New York (Lugt 1342). (Kennedy Galleries, New York); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased March 16, 1964; gift to NGA, 2005.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1910

  • Kennedy, Edward G. The Etched Work of Whistler. New York: Grolier Club, 1910, no. 156, ii/ii.

Inscriptions

[Whistler's butterfly signature] lower left tab, graphite, artist's hand. Not dated.

Markings

None.

Watermarks

unidentified watermark: Erwin D'Blauw

Wikidata ID

Q76342872

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