Landscape with a fisherman

Landscape with a fisherman

Item Information

Title:
Landscape with a fisherman
Description:
In the foreground at the right, near a large tree on the border of a river, a man stands with fishing-rod in hand, about to cast. In the stream, in front is a large stake and near the farther bank is a boat with a single mast. In the distance is a row of trees, beyond a level meadow, and at the extreme left men and a horse are towing a boat. There are clouds in the sky. In the right lower corner "Whistler, 1861."
Artist:
Whistler, James McNeill, 1834-1903
Name on Item:
Whistler
Date:
1861
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Etchings
Landscape prints
Cancellation proofs
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903). Lithographs, Etchings, and Drawings
Subjects:
Fishermen
Fishing
Rivers
Extent:
1 print : etching ; plate mark 15 x 23 cm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/3r076k89j
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Notes:
Title from catalogue raisonné.
Kennedy: K. 83
Additional information accompanying item: Included in "Etchings by J. M. Whistler from the cancelled plates."
Handwritten on item: The only impressions known are from the cancelled plate.
Notes (date):
Date from item.
Notes (citation):
Kennedy, Edward G. (Edward Guthrie). "The etched work of Whistler ; compiled, arranged and described by Edward G. Kennedy, with an introduction by Royal Cortissoz." Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1978, San Francisco.
Notes (object):
From an impression from the cancelled plate.
Identifier:
17_14_000046
Barcode:
36666000099123