Old Battersea Bridge
artist
James McNeill Whistler
(American, 1834 - 1903)
Date1879
Place MadeEngland, Europe
MediumEtching on laid paper
Dimensions20.5 x 29.5 cm (8 1/16 x 11 5/8 in.)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession number2.1.o.51
eMuseum ID727646
Original Number2.1.o.12
EmbARK ObjectID13984
Previous NumberP17e87
TMS Source ID2819
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.
BibliographyNotesFrederick Wedmore. Whistler's Etchings: a Study and a Catalogue (London, 1886), p. 63, no. 141.
Howard Mansfield. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Etchings and Dry-Points of James Abbott McNeill Whistler (Chicago, 1909), pp. 110-11, no. 174.
Edward G. Kennedy. The Etched Work of Whistler (New York, 1910), p. 67, no. 177.
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. 18, no. 61, pl. XIV.
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, nos. 16, 28, pl. 41.
Katharine A. Lochnan. The Etchings of James McNeill Whistler. Exh. cat. (New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1984; Toronto: The Art Gallery of Ontario, 1985), pp. 179-80, 280, no. 182.
Margaret F. MacDonald. James McNeill Whistler: Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours, a Catalogue Raisonné (New Haven, 1995), pp. 179, no. 481.
Carole McNamara and John Siewert. Whistler: Prosaic Views, Poetic Vision. Exh. cat. (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Museum of Art, 1996), pp. 84-85, no. 30.
Martha Tedeschi and Britt Salvesen. Songs on Stone: James McNeill Whistler and the Art of Lithography. Exh. cat. (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1998; Ottawa: National Gallery of Canada, 1999), p. 41, fig. 39, no. 41.
Margaret F. MacDonald et al. "Old Battersea Bridge." James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonné (University of Glasgow, 2012), no. 188, accessed 6 June 2016. http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk/catalogue/
Howard Mansfield. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Etchings and Dry-Points of James Abbott McNeill Whistler (Chicago, 1909), pp. 110-11, no. 174.
Edward G. Kennedy. The Etched Work of Whistler (New York, 1910), p. 67, no. 177.
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. 18, no. 61, pl. XIV.
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, nos. 16, 28, pl. 41.
Katharine A. Lochnan. The Etchings of James McNeill Whistler. Exh. cat. (New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1984; Toronto: The Art Gallery of Ontario, 1985), pp. 179-80, 280, no. 182.
Margaret F. MacDonald. James McNeill Whistler: Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours, a Catalogue Raisonné (New Haven, 1995), pp. 179, no. 481.
Carole McNamara and John Siewert. Whistler: Prosaic Views, Poetic Vision. Exh. cat. (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Museum of Art, 1996), pp. 84-85, no. 30.
Martha Tedeschi and Britt Salvesen. Songs on Stone: James McNeill Whistler and the Art of Lithography. Exh. cat. (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1998; Ottawa: National Gallery of Canada, 1999), p. 41, fig. 39, no. 41.
Margaret F. MacDonald et al. "Old Battersea Bridge." James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonné (University of Glasgow, 2012), no. 188, accessed 6 June 2016. http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk/catalogue/
MarksNotesInscribed in plate: Whistler's butterfly signature
Inscribed in graphite (on tab): Whistler's butterfly signature
Inscribed (on tab): "imp." [hand of Whistler]
Inscribed in graphite (verso, lower right): Specially chosen / Whistler's butterfly signature
Signed in graphite (verso, lower left): Whistler's butterfly signature
Inscribed in graphite (verso, lower right): 30
Inscribed in graphite (verso, lower left): a21879 / ES
Watermark: D H K
Inscribed in graphite (on tab): Whistler's butterfly signature
Inscribed (on tab): "imp." [hand of Whistler]
Inscribed in graphite (verso, lower right): Specially chosen / Whistler's butterfly signature
Signed in graphite (verso, lower left): Whistler's butterfly signature
Inscribed in graphite (verso, lower right): 30
Inscribed in graphite (verso, lower left): a21879 / ES
Watermark: D H K
ProvenanceNotesEntered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection at an unknown date.
