Rotherhithe

1860

James McNeill Whistler

Associated Names
James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

This is a drawing of a harbor scene. The image depicts tall sailing vessels with intricate masts and rigging in the background. In the foreground, there is an architectural structure or a tall building. The drawing is executed with fine lines and cross-hatching, providing texture to the waves in the water and the clouds in the sky. Small boats are scattered across the water.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and drypoint on Asian laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 27.62 × 20.16 cm (10 7/8 × 7 15/16 in.)
    sheet: 34.61 × 24.77 cm (13 5/8 × 9 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.8442

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    MacDonald 2012, no. 70, state vi/vi

  • Series Title

    A Series of Sixteen Etchings of Scenes on the Thames and Other Subjects

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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.

2016

  • Three Centuries of American Prints: from the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington; National Gallery in Prague, Prague 1; Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso, Mexico City; Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, 2016 - 2017, no. 36.

Bibliography

1910

  • Kennedy, Edward G. The Etched Work of Whistler. New York: Grolier Club, 1910, no. 66.

2012

  • MacDonald, Margaret, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock. James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, A Catalogue Raisonné. Scotland: University of Glasgow, 2012, no. 70, state vi/vi. http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: Whistler 1860

Wikidata ID

Q65021859

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