Old Westminster Bridge

1859

James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and drypoint on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 7.62 x 20.32 cm (3 x 8 in.)
    sheet: 10.16 x 22.86 cm (4 x 9 in.)

  • Accession

    1943.3.8423

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    MacDonald 2012, no. 47, state iii/iv

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

S. H. Nazeby Harrington [b. 1862], Birkenhead, (Lugt 1337, 1348 or 1349). Bought by Lessing Julius Rosenwald [1891-1971], Philadelphia, (Lugt 1760b-c); gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1931

  • Etchings, Lithographs, Original Drawings, and Autograph Letters by James A. McNeill Whistler, The Free Library of Philadelphia, 1931.

Bibliography

1910

  • Kennedy, Edward G. The Etched Work of Whistler. New York: Grolier Club, 1910, no. 39, ii/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. 47, state iii/iv.

Inscriptions

on plate: Whistler 1859 ('t' not crossed

Wikidata ID

Q65021839

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