Dry-dock, Southampton

Dry-dock, Southampton

Item Information

Title:
Dry-dock, Southampton
Title (alt.):
Dry dock, Southampton
Description:
Across the water are large sheds, behind a fence of open palings, and at the right is a timber yard, near which two steamships are lying, side by side. The butterfly, in outline, is near the bottom of the plate, at the left.
Artist:
Whistler, James McNeill, 1834-1903
Date:
1887
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Etchings
Marine prints
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903). Lithographs, Etchings, and Drawings
Subjects:
Bodies of water
Naval yards & naval stations
Ships
Places:
England > Southampton (county) > Southampton
Extent:
1 print : etching ; sheet 7 x 18 cm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/3r076q174
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Notes:
Title from catalogue raisonné.
Alternative title from item.
Kennedy: K. 322
Additional information accompanying item: No. 6 of the Naval Review series. This plate (with 11 others) was etched in honor of the fiftieth anniversary of the reign of Queen Victoria, July 27, 1887. The letter he addressed to the Right Honourable W. H. Smith, then first Lord of the Admiralty, in connection with the presentation of this set of etchings to the Queen, gives a good idea of Whistler's "official" style.
Notes (ownership):
From the B. MacGeorge, Kennedy, and H. H. Benedict Collections.
Notes (date):
Date from catalogue raisonné.
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):
Only state.
Identifier:
17_14_000233
W. 375 (no longer used)
Barcode:
36666000188918