The Turret-Ship

1887

James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and drypoint in black on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Anita and Julius L. Zelman

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed within plate mark): 12.7 x 17.6 cm (5 x 6 15/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1990.25.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    MacDonald 2012, no. 305, state i/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Charles C. Cunningham [1910-1979], Chicago. Given by Anita and Julius L. Zelman to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1990.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1910

  • Kennedy, Edward G. The Etched Work of Whistler. New York: Grolier Club, 1910, no. 321.

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. 305, state i/ii.

Inscriptions

the following all by later hand in graphite, lower center verso: K 321 Turret Ship; lower right verso: 142 / C354/48

Watermarks

partial (too little to determine)

Wikidata ID

Q74884667

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