The forge

The forge

Item Information

Title:
The forge
Description:
A blacksmith is standing before the forge. Back of him stand two helpers. In the background, at the left, is the face of a woman; at the right, are a man, woman, and child.
Artist:
Whistler, James McNeill, 1834-1903
Name on Item:
Whistler
Date:
1861
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Drypoints
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903). Lithographs, Etchings, and Drawings
Subjects:
Blacksmiths
Blacksmithing
Forge shops
Extent:
1 print : drypoint ; plate mark 20 x 32 cm
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Notes:
Title from catalogue raisonné.
Kennedy: K. 68
Handwritten on item: Fine early impression with white spot near head of smith. "One of sixteen etchings" (Thames set)
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):
Third state of four.
New horizontal lines are in the space above the hanging tools; there are cross-lines on the face of the anvil, and new heavy oblique lines on the base which supports it. A few heavy vertical lines are on the forge flue, and there is closer work all over the plate.
Identifier:
17_14_000192
W. 398 (no longer used)
Barcode:
36666000188694