The fleet: Evening

The fleet: Evening

Item Information

Title:
The fleet: Evening
Title (alt.):
The fleet, evening
Description:
Near the center lies a sloop with jib down and sail partly lowered. On either side is a boat under sail. In the distance are lines of warships dressed with bunting. The butterfly, in outline, is at the right, near the bottom of the plate.
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
Warships
Extent:
1 print : etching ; sheet 15 x 22 cm
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Terms of Use:
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Notes:
Title from catalogue raisonné.
Alternative title from materials accompanying item.
Kennedy: K. 326
Additional information accompanying item: No. 10 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_000237
W. 379 (no longer used)
Barcode:
36666000188959