Hotel de Ville, Loches

1888

James McNeill Whistler

Associated Names
James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

The image depicts an etching of a busy street scene from an elevated viewpoint. A tall building with a clock is prominent at the top, with detailed architecture. The etching uses delicate lines for a sense of movement and depth. The color scheme is mainly brown and sepia tones. Figures in the street are engaged in different activities, creating a lively atmosphere. Additional buildings line the street, leading the eye into the distance.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and drypoint in brown on "old Dutch" laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.8633

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    MacDonald 2012, no. 412, state i/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Sold by Whistler to Wunderlich & Co., 16 April 1889. Knoedler & Co., New York. Bought January 7, 1929 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. 384.

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. 412, state i/ii.

Inscriptions

on plate: (butterfly); on tab: (butterfly) imp; on verso by Whistler, lower left: No 4 / 1st. Proof' (the 'st' superscript); by later hands, lower left on verso: MK 30692; lower center on verso: 384

Watermarks

GR countermark (to Strasbourg Lily?)

Wikidata ID

Q65022051

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