The Riva, No.I
1879/1880
Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

Artwork overview
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Medium
etching and drypoint on laid paper
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Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Watson Webb in memory of Mr. and Mrs. H.O. Havemeyer
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Accession
1942.15.9
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Catalogue Raisonné
MacDonald 2012, no. 229
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Collection of Mr. James Watson Webb [1884-1960] and Mrs. Electra Havemeyer Webb [1888-1960], Los Angeles and Vermont; gift to NGA 1942.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1963
American Artists as Print Makers, Westmoreland County Museum of Art, Greensburg, Pennsylvania, 1963, no. 225.
2003
"Whistler and His Circle in Venice", The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; The Grolier Club, New York, 2003, no. 40.
Bibliography
1910
Kennedy, Edward G. The Etched Work of Whistler. New York: Grolier Club, 1910, no. 192, iii/iii.
2012
MacDonald, Margaret F., Grischka Petri, Joanna Meacock.James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonné. University of Glasgow on-line website at http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. University of Glasgow, 2012: no. 229, no state listed.
Inscriptions
on plate: (butterfly); lower left on verso: Whistler (upside down); on tab: butterfly of 1886
Watermarks
hunting horn in shield
Wikidata ID
Q64958841