Canal, Ostend
1887
Artist, American, 1834 - 1903
James McNeill Whistler
Attributed to

Artwork overview
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Medium
etching on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall (trimmed to plate): 6.5 × 17.7 cm (2 9/16 × 6 15/16 in.)
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Accession Number
1943.3.8621
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Catalogue Raisonné
MacDonald 2012, no. 352, only state
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(H. Wunderlich & Co., New York, stock no. a 33626). 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. 353.
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. 352, only state.
Inscriptions
on plate: (butterfly); lower right on the verso (the st superscript with a dot underneath:The Canal - Ostende / 1st State [there is a backslash below 'state' and above the butterfly]
Watermarks
partial Arms of Amsterdam
Wikidata ID
Q65022037