Old Battersea Bridge

Old Battersea Bridge

Item Information

Title:
Old Battersea Bridge
Description:
In the distance are seen the suspension bridge and tower of Chelsea Church.
Artist:
Whistler, James McNeill, 1834-1903
Date:
1879
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Lithographs
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903). Lithographs, Etchings, and Drawings
Subjects:
Bridges
Rivers
Places:
England > London > Battersea
England > Thames (river)
Extent:
1 print : lithograph ; sheet 35 x 49 cm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/3r076p25m
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Notes:
Title from catalogue raisonné.
Way: W. 12
Additional information accompanying item: Published in "Notes." Drawing erased. In the first state the butterfly is much larger than in the published edition, and there are suggestions of the left end of the suspension bridge, which were afterwards removed. One of a set of five lithographs in the original brown cover. This set of five original lithographs was issued by Mr. Whistler in 1887. Only 100 sets were printed and the drawing erased. Mr. Way states that "they are not only most exquisite works of art in themselves, but masterpieces from the technical point of view. They may indeed be said to have marked an epoch in the history of the art."
Notes (date):
Date from catalogue raisonné.
Notes (citation):
Way, Thomas R. (Thomas Robert). "The lithographs of James McNeill Whistler ; Harriet K. Stratis and Martha Tedeschi, general editors." Art Institute of Chicago in association with the Arie and Ida Crown Memorial, 1998, Chicago.
Notes (object):
Lithograph: with scraping
Ink color: black
Signature: printed butterfly
Identifier:
17_14_000106
W. 2678 (no longer used)
Barcode:
36666000186060