The Little Putney, No. 1

1879

James McNeill Whistler

Associated Names
James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

The image shows a riverscape with a bridge, buildings, and a church reflected in the water. The horizon is defined by the bridge, and various structures are visible beyond it. The artwork has a monochrome color palette, with subtle variations of beige and light brown against darker ink lines.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and drypoint in black on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Bequest of Julius Garfinckel)

  • Dimensions

    plate: 13.18 × 20.64 cm (5 3/16 × 8 1/8 in.)
    sheet: 17.78 × 30.8 cm (7 × 12 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.418

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    MacDonald 2012, no. 186, state iv/v

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

1982

  • Whistler’s World: The Master’s Etchings, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1982, no. 28

1990

  • Haden, Whistler, Pennell: Three Master Printmakers in the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1990, no. 45, repro

Bibliography

1910

  • Kennedy, Edward G. The Etched Work of Whistler. New York: Grolier Club, 1910, no. 179.

2012

  • MacDonald, Margaret, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock. James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, A Catalogue Raisonné. Scotland: University of Glasgow, 2012, no. 186, iv/v. http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk

Inscriptions

lower right in plate: [the artist's butterfly]; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: A99566; lower right verso in graphite by unknown hand: EX

Watermarks

HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE [coat of arms and crown]

Wikidata ID

Q77012948

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