Alderney Street

c. 1880/1881

James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

James McNeill Whistler

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall (trimmed to plate): 17.9 × 11.1 cm (7 1/16 × 4 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1949.5.263

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    MacDonald 2012, no. 246, state iii/iii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Howard Mansfield (Lugt 1342), New York; Harris G. Whittemore, CT, acquired 1919; Lessing J. Rosenwald, Philadelphia; gift to NGA, 1949.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1910

  • Kennedy, Edward G. The Etched Work of Whistler. New York: Grolier Club, 1910, no. 238, i/ii.

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. 246, state iii/iii.

Inscriptions

on plate: (butterfly); on tab: (butterfly) imp; lower right on the verso: st (the st superscript) and 28

Watermarks

none

Wikidata ID

Q65076813

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