The Tall Bridge

1878

James McNeill Whistler

Associated Names
James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

The image depicts an arched bridge structure viewed from below. The horizon is low and hidden by the bridge pilings that frame the scene. Additional structures and masts are faintly visible beyond the bridge. The brushstrokes are sketch-like and in a brown sepia tone, creating a rustic effect. The image consists of varying shades of sepia, emphasizing the water's reflective surface.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithotint in brown on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 28 × 19.1 cm (11 × 7 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 35.6 × 25.3 cm (14 × 9 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.8669

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Stratis & Tedeschi 1998, no. 12, ii/ii

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. 9.

1998

  • Stratis, Harriet K., and Martha Tedeschi, eds. The Lithographs of James McNeill Whistler, vol. 1. Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1998, pp. 81-83, no. 12, ii/ii.

Inscriptions

on stone: (butterfly); by later hands: Drawn for Picadilly, but although printed never published. / W. 9

Wikidata ID

Q65022088

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