Tilbury

1887

James McNeill Whistler

Associated Names
James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

The image shows an etching of a harbor scene viewed from a slightly elevated angle. The scene includes water, docks, buildings, ship masts, boats with figures, larger anchored ships, and distant structures. The lines are sketchy and light, with minimal detailing. The color palette is mainly beige and dark ink. The background features swirls and cloud-like shapes.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and drypoint on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall (trimmed to plate): 8.1 × 17.5 cm (3 3/16 × 6 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.8607

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    MacDonald 2012, no. 312, state i/iii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Knoedler & Co., New York.) Purchased November 10, 1928 by 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. 317.

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. 312, state i/iii.

Inscriptions

on plate: (butterfly); on tab: (butterfly) imp; lower right on the verso: 1st proof (the 'st' superscript with a dot beneath)

Watermarks

none

Wikidata ID

Q65022023

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