The Broad Bridge

1878

James McNeill Whistler

Associated Names
James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

The image depicts a small rowboat with a single figure, surrounded by a large wooden bridge structure. In the distance, a silhouette of a bridge and urban landscape is visible. The artwork is sketch-like, with pencil strokes creating texture and depth, while shading adds contrast. The color palette is monochromatic, primarily brown and beige.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithotint in brown on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 18.7 × 28.1 cm (7 3/8 × 11 1/16 in.)
    sheet: 26.1 × 38.2 cm (10 1/4 × 15 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.8668

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Stratis & Tedeschi 1998, no. 11

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Purchased October 29, 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

1896

  • Way, Thomas Robert. Mr. Whistler's Lithographs: The Catalogue. London: G. Bell and Sons, 1896; New York: H. Wunderlich & Co., 1905, no. 8.

1998

  • Stratis, Harriet K., and Martha Tedeschi, eds. The Lithographs of James McNeill Whistler, vol. 1. Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1998, pp. 78-80, no. 11.

Inscriptions

in stone: (butterfly); by later hand: Printed by T. R. Way

Wikidata ID

Q65022087

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