Hurlingham

1879

James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

James McNeill Whistler

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and drypoint in black on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Bequest of Frank B. Bristow)

  • Dimensions

    plate: 13.81 × 20 cm (5 7/16 × 7 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 20.64 × 27.94 cm (8 1/8 × 11 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.1489

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    MacDonald 2012, no. 184, state iv/iv

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Frank B. Bristow, Falls Church, Virginia; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1968; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1982

  • Whistler’s World: The Master’s Etchings, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1982, no. 30

1990

  • Haden, Whistler, Pennell: Three Master Printmakers in the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1990, no. 46, repro

Bibliography

1910

  • Kennedy, Edward G. The Etched Work of Whistler. New York: Grolier Club, 1910, no. 181.

2012

  • MacDonald, Margaret, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock. James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, A Catalogue Raisonné. Scotland: University of Glasgow, 2012, no. 184, iv/iv. http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: [the artist's butterfly]; lower left edge in graphite by unknown hand: K16 Hurlingham; lower right edge in graphite by unknown hand: 622; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: K 16. Hurlingham-; lower right verso in graphite by unknown hand: 18

Markings

stamped lower left verso in black ink: F.B.B. [circled]

Wikidata ID

Q77013000

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