Battersea Morn

1875

James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

James McNeill Whistler

Printer, American, 1834 - 1903

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    drypoint on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 14.7 × 22.3 cm (5 13/16 × 8 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 19.3 × 26.9 cm (7 5/8 × 10 9/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1943.3.8489

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    MacDonald 2012, no. 174, state i/v

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(H. Wunderlich & Co., New York, stock no. a 34603). Henry Harper Benedict [1844-1935], New York, (Lugt 1298). Lessing Julius Rosenwald [1891-1971], Philadelphia, (Lugt 1760b); gift to National Gallery of Art, 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. 155, i/iv.

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. 174, state i/v.

Inscriptions

[Whistler's butterfly signature] upper right composition, in plate, artist's hand. "[Whistler's butterfly signature] imp." lower left margin, graphite, artist's hand. Not dated. "Battersea Dawn" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "k.155I" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "Very rare" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "c.652)" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "1" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "c34603 / asx-" verso, lower left sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "w.125" verso, lower left sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "1er" verso, lower left sheet, graphite, unknown hand.

Markings

"LRJ" verso, black stamped ink. "National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink. "HB" (Henry H. Benedict collector's stamp) verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1298).

Watermarks

[Arms of Amsterdam]

Wikidata ID

Q65021906

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