A Sketch of the Embankment
Artist, American, 1834 - 1903
James McNeill Whistler
Artwork overview
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Medium
etching in brown on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
plate: 4.5 x 13.6 cm (1 3/4 x 5 3/8 in.)
sheet: 13.5 x 22 cm (5 5/16 x 8 11/16 in.) -
Accession Number
1987.41.72
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Catalogue Raisonné
MacDonald 2012, no. 268, only state
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(H. Wunderlich & Co., New York, stock no. a 50080). Given by John Nichols Estabrook and Dorothy Coogan Estabrook to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1987.
Associated Names
Bibliography
1910
Kennedy, Edward G. The Etched Work of Whistler. New York: Grolier Club, 1910, no. 260.
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. 268, only state.
Inscriptions
lower right in graphite: Sketch on the Embankment / 4; lower left verso in graphite: a50080 R10446
Watermarks
partial, horned crown
Wikidata ID
Q74876918