Drury Lane

c. 1880/1881

James McNeill Whistler

Associated Names
James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

This is a drawing of a street or architectural scene with a focus on a building structure and surrounding area. The drawing utilizes minimal lines and shading to convey the setting, primarily featuring a covered passageway or arcade with a view into the interior through a prominent archway. The composition includes a few figures, captured with sketchy, impressionistic outlines, suggesting movement or activity.

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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

Bibliography

1910

  • Kennedy, Edward G. The Etched Work of Whistler. New York: Grolier Club, 1910, no. 237.

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. 243, state only state.

Inscriptions

on plate: (butterfly); on tab: (butterfly) imp; in graphite at lower left on the verso: Whistler (upside down and underlined)

Watermarks

none

Wikidata ID

Q64958897

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