Greenwich Pensioner, 1859

Not on View

Medium

etching and drypoint on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 9.8 x 13.3 cm (3 7/8 x 5 1/4 in.)

sheet: 26.5 x 36.5 cm (10 7/16 x 14 3/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of John Nichols Estabrook and Dorothy Coogan Estabrook

Catalogue Raisonné

MacDonald 2012, no. 40, state ii/ii

Accession Number

1987.41.63

Artists / Makers

James McNeill Whistler (artist) American, 1834 - 1903

Image Use

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Inscription

lower right in plate: Whistler / Greenwich 1859; lower left in graphite: W.32; lower right in graphite: 40165 / ams; lower left verso in graphite: a40165

Provenance

(H. Wunderlich & Co., New York, 1905, stock no. a40165); sold before 1910 to unidentified collector. John Nichols Estabrook and Dorothy Coogan Estabrook; Gift to NGA, 1987.

Associated Names

Estabrook, John Nichols, Estate of

Bibliography

1910: Kennedy, Edward G. The Etched Work of Whistler. New York: Grolier Club, 1910, no. 34, ii/ii.

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. 40, state ii/ii.