The Camp

1861 (published 1879)

James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

Fine Art Society

Publisher

James McNeill Whistler

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    drypoint in black on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Bequest of Julius Garfinckel)

  • Dimensions

    plate: 28.42 × 15.88 cm (11 3/16 × 6 1/4 in.)
    sheet: 38.74 × 30.16 cm (15 1/4 × 11 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.408

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    MacDonald 2012, no. 80, cancelled

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Frederick Keppel & Co., New York); Julius Garfinckel, Washington, DC; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1938; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1952

  • Whistler, Hunter Gallery of Art, Chattanooga, Tennessee, 1952

1990

  • Haden, Whistler, Pennell: Three Master Printmakers in the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1990, no. 37, repro

Bibliography

1910

  • Kennedy, Edward G. The Etched Work of Whistler. New York: Grolier Club, 1910, no. 82.

2012

  • MacDonald, Margaret, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock. James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, A Catalogue Raisonné. Scotland: University of Glasgow, 2012, no. 80, canelled proof. http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk

Inscriptions

center left in plate: Whistler 1861.; lower right in graphite: W.75; lower left corner in graphite by unknown hand: [undeciphered symbol]; lower right edge in graphite by unknown hand: 11140; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: a91572 / a41976; lower center verso in graphite by unknown hand: 64110; lower right verso in graphite by unknown hand: HNX

Markings

stamped center verso in brown ink: VR [crown in ellipse (symbol of the South Kensington Museum)]

Watermarks

RK [Crown]

Wikidata ID

Q77012943

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