Waterloo Bridge
artist
James McNeill Whistler
(American, 1834 - 1903)
Date1896
Place MadeEngland, Europe
MediumLithograph on laid paper
Dimensions20 x 13 cm (7 7/8 x 5 1/8 in.)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession number2.1.o.50
eMuseum ID727656
Original Number2.1.o.11
EmbARK ObjectID13983
Previous NumberP17e87
TMS Source ID2818
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. 40, no. 123.
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 130.
P. & D. Colnaghi & Co. An Exhibition of Etchings, Dry Points & Lithographs by James McNeill Whistler (London, 16 November - 10 December 1971). p. 64, no. 230.
Mervyn Levy (ed.). Whistler Lithographs: A Catalogue Raisonné (London, 1975), no. 177.
Susan Hobbs and Nesta R. Spink. Lithographs of James McNeill Whistler. Exh. cat. (Smithsonian Institution: Washington, D.C., 1982), p. 74, no. 80.
Martha Tedeschi (ed.). The Lithographs of James McNeill Whistler (Chicago, 1998), no. 156.
Catherine E. Hutchina (ed.). Fleeting Impressions: Prints by James McNeill Whistler. Exh. at. (Montgomery: Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, 2006), pp. 100-101, no. 29.
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 130.
P. & D. Colnaghi & Co. An Exhibition of Etchings, Dry Points & Lithographs by James McNeill Whistler (London, 16 November - 10 December 1971). p. 64, no. 230.
Mervyn Levy (ed.). Whistler Lithographs: A Catalogue Raisonné (London, 1975), no. 177.
Susan Hobbs and Nesta R. Spink. Lithographs of James McNeill Whistler. Exh. cat. (Smithsonian Institution: Washington, D.C., 1982), p. 74, no. 80.
Martha Tedeschi (ed.). The Lithographs of James McNeill Whistler (Chicago, 1998), no. 156.
Catherine E. Hutchina (ed.). Fleeting Impressions: Prints by James McNeill Whistler. Exh. at. (Montgomery: Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, 2006), pp. 100-101, no. 29.
MarksNotesSigned in plate (lower right): Whistler's butterfly signature
Signed in graphite (lower left): Whistler's butterfly signature
Inscribed in graphite (verso, lower right): Waterloo. [indecipherable]
Signed in graphite (verso, lower right): Whistler's butterfly signature
Watermark
Signed in graphite (lower left): Whistler's butterfly signature
Inscribed in graphite (verso, lower right): Waterloo. [indecipherable]
Signed in graphite (verso, lower right): Whistler's butterfly signature
Watermark
ProvenanceNotesEntered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection at an unknown date.
