Old Putney Bridge

Old Putney Bridge

Item Information

Title:
Old Putney Bridge
Description:
In the middle distance, extending across the scene, is the bridge that, until 1880, spanned the Thames at Putney. Supporting it are two iron columns at the right, and a light wooden pier at the left, and three central wooden piers of intricate construction. On the bridge, there are people and vehicles. In front, at the left, there are two rowboats, in one of which a man and woman are seated. At the right, a barge with steering-sail set is passing under an arch of the bridge, through which there appears a boat with a sail, white against a wooden bank. Trees and a house are seen on the low bank at the left. The butterfly is near the lower edge of the plate, at the right of the center.
Artist:
Whistler, James McNeill, 1834-1903
Date:
[1879]
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Etchings
Marine prints
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903). Lithographs, Etchings, and Drawings
Subjects:
Bridges
Rivers
Rowboats
Sailboats
Places:
England > Thames (river)
England > London > Putney
Extent:
1 print : etching ; plate mark 21 x 30 cm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/3r076n47f
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Notes:
Title from catalogue raisonné.
Kennedy: K. 178
Handwritten on item: Original impression unique. The only one in this state.
Notes (ownership):
From the H. L. Quick and H. Whittemore Collections.
Notes (date):
Date supplied by cataloger.
This date is inferred.
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):
First state of four.
The butterfly is in outline; the trees and foliage are not fully expressed (H. L. Quick).
Identifier:
17_14_000174
W. 301 (no longer used)
Barcode:
36666000188504