Fulham

1878/1879

James McNeill Whistler

Associated Names
James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

The image shows a landscape with a river, a bridge across it, buildings, and trees on the far bank. The horizon is high in the image. The bridge and distant structures are depicted with fine lines. The color palette is black and off-white. Small boats near us are depicted with delicate lines.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and drypoint in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Bequest of Margaret Coughlan)

  • Dimensions

    plate: 13.02 × 20.48 cm (5 1/8 × 8 1/16 in.)
    sheet: 30.48 × 40.8 cm (12 × 16 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.3258

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    MacDonald 2012, no. 181, state v/v

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Margaret Coughlan, Washington, DC; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2004; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

1910

  • Kennedy, Edward G. The Etched Work of Whistler. New York: Grolier Club, 1910, no. 182.

2012

  • MacDonald, Margaret, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock. James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, A Catalogue Raisonné. Scotland: University of Glasgow, 2012, no. 181, v/v. http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk

Inscriptions

lower right in plate: [the artist's butterfly]

Wikidata ID

Q77010127

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