Old Battersea Bridge
artist
James McNeill Whistler
(American, 1834 - 1903)
Date1879
Place MadeEngland, Europe
MediumLithograph printed on chine collé
Dimensions34.3 x 50.5 cm (13 1/2 x 19 7/8 in.)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession number2.1.o.49
eMuseum ID727890
EmbARK ObjectID13982
Original Number1.1.r.36
TMS Source ID2817
Last Updated10/3/24
Status
Not on viewWeb CommentaryIsabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.
BibliographyNotesThomas Robert Way. Mr. Whistler's Lithographs: The Catalogue (London, 1896), p. 14, no. 12.
Thomas Robert Way. Memories of James McNeill Whistler, the Artist (London, 1912), pp. 20, 221.
Catalogue of an Exhibition of Lithographs by Whistler from the Collection of Thomas R. Way. Exh. cat. (New York: Frederick Keppel & Co., 1914), p. 9, no. 12.
P. & D. Colnaghi & Co. An Exhibition of Etchings, Dry Points & Lithographs by James McNeill Whistler (London, 16 November - 10 December 1971). p. 20, no. 71, pl. XVII.
Allen Staley. "Whistler and his World" in From Realism to Symbolism: Whistler and His World. Exh. cat. (New York: Wildenstein; Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1971), pp. 13, 16, 42-43, no. 16.
Mervyn Levy (ed.). Whistler Lithographs: A Catalogue Raisonné (London, 1975), no. 24.
Susan Hobbs and Nesta R. Spink. Lithographs of James McNeill Whistler. Exh. cat. (Smithsonian Institution: Washington, D.C., 1982), pp. 10, 12, 43, no. 6.
Margaret F. MacDonald. James McNeill Whistler: Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours, a Catalogue Raisonné (New Haven, 1995), p. 256, no. 700.
Martha Tedeschi (ed.). The Lithographs of James McNeill Whistler (Chicago, 1998), no. 18.
Richard Dorment and Margaret F. MacDonald. James McNeill Whistler. Exh. cat. (London: Tate Gallery, 1994; Paris: Musée d'Orsay, 1995), p. 129, no. 53.
Thomas Robert Way. Memories of James McNeill Whistler, the Artist (London, 1912), pp. 20, 221.
Catalogue of an Exhibition of Lithographs by Whistler from the Collection of Thomas R. Way. Exh. cat. (New York: Frederick Keppel & Co., 1914), p. 9, no. 12.
P. & D. Colnaghi & Co. An Exhibition of Etchings, Dry Points & Lithographs by James McNeill Whistler (London, 16 November - 10 December 1971). p. 20, no. 71, pl. XVII.
Allen Staley. "Whistler and his World" in From Realism to Symbolism: Whistler and His World. Exh. cat. (New York: Wildenstein; Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1971), pp. 13, 16, 42-43, no. 16.
Mervyn Levy (ed.). Whistler Lithographs: A Catalogue Raisonné (London, 1975), no. 24.
Susan Hobbs and Nesta R. Spink. Lithographs of James McNeill Whistler. Exh. cat. (Smithsonian Institution: Washington, D.C., 1982), pp. 10, 12, 43, no. 6.
Margaret F. MacDonald. James McNeill Whistler: Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours, a Catalogue Raisonné (New Haven, 1995), p. 256, no. 700.
Martha Tedeschi (ed.). The Lithographs of James McNeill Whistler (Chicago, 1998), no. 18.
Richard Dorment and Margaret F. MacDonald. James McNeill Whistler. Exh. cat. (London: Tate Gallery, 1994; Paris: Musée d'Orsay, 1995), p. 129, no. 53.
MarksNotesSigned (left, in stone): [Whistler's butterfly signature]
Inscribed in graphite (recto, lower left): W.12
Inscribed in graphite (recto, bottom center edge): Old Battersea Bridge
Inscribed in graphite (recto, lower right): 36
Inscribed in graphite (verso, upper left): 7-29-03/9241
Inscribed in graphite (recto, lower left): W.12
Inscribed in graphite (recto, bottom center edge): Old Battersea Bridge
Inscribed in graphite (recto, lower right): 36
Inscribed in graphite (verso, upper left): 7-29-03/9241
ProvenanceNotesEntered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection by September 1903.
