Rotherhithe

1860

James McNeill Whistler

Associated Names
James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

The image shows two individuals sitting from the chest upwards. The person on the left has curly dark hair and a side profile. The person on the right is closer to the foreground, wearing a cap and visibly showing a nose and mustache. Both individuals wear simple late 19th-century clothing. The person on the right appears to be holding a pipe. The background contains various sailing ships with tall masts docked at a harbor. In the distance are more ships and outlines of buildings under a cloudy sky. The scene is framed within architectural features that indicate a waterfront view, possibly from inside a structure.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and drypoint on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Bequest of Julius Garfinckel)

  • Dimensions

    plate: 27.31 × 20 cm (10 3/4 × 7 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 33.81 × 24.77 cm (13 5/16 × 9 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.425

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    MacDonald 2012, no. 70, state vi/vi

  • Series Title

    A Series of Sixteen Etchings of Scenes on the Thames and Other Subjects

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

1982

  • Whistler’s World: The Master’s Etchings, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1982, no. 11

1990

  • Haden, Whistler, Pennell: Three Master Printmakers in the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1990, no. 34, repro

Bibliography

1910

  • Kennedy, Edward G. The Etched Work of Whistler. New York: Grolier Club, 1910, no. 66.

2012

  • MacDonald, Margaret, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock. James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, A Catalogue Raisonné. Scotland: University of Glasgow, 2012, no. 70, vi/vi. http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: Whistler 1860.; lower left in graphite by unknown hand: Julius Garfinkel-; lower center in graphite by unknown hand: 939; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: 151; lower right verso in graphite by unknown hand: NX

Wikidata ID

Q77012970

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