Bunting

Bunting

Item Information

Title:
Bunting
Description:
Extending to the top of the plate is a line of flying signals, seen from the deck of the ship to which they belong. On the deck are five figures, three in the dress of sailors. Beyond, at the right, there are vessels also dressed with bunting. The butterfly, in outline, is toward the left, below the figures.
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:
Decks (Ships)
Signals
Sailors
Extent:
1 print : etching ; sheet 18 x 13 cm
Permalink:
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Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Notes:
Title from catalogue raisonné.
Kennedy: K. 324
Additional information accompanying item: No. 8 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_000235
W. 377 (no longer used)
Barcode:
36666000188934