St. James's Street

1878

James McNeill Whistler

Associated Names
James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

This is a carved copper plate showing a busy street scene viewed from above. The street is lined with tall buildings, and people and horse-drawn carriages are visible on the street below. The street narrows as it recedes into the distance, with a line of buildings where it ends. The sky above the scene is clear, except for faint grid lines that run across the whole scene. The edges of the plate are tinged in purple, teal, and white.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etched and cancelled copper plate

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.1730

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Kennedy 1910, no. 169, i/i

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Lessing Julius Rosenwald [1891-1971], Philadelphia, (Lugt 1760b); gift to National Gallery of Art, 1943.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1970

  • Graphics by Contemporary Painters, Allentown Art Museum, PA, 1970.

1995

  • Prints by James McNeill Whistler and His Contemporaries, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1995.

Bibliography

1910

  • Kennedy, Edward G. The Etched Work of Whistler. New York: Grolier Club, 1910, no. 169.

Wikidata ID

Q63570733

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