Liverdun
artist
James McNeill Whistler
(American, 1834 - 1903)
Date1858
Place MadeGermany, Europe
MediumEtching on antique laid paper
Dimensions10.8 x 13.3 cm (4 1/4 x 5 1/4 in.)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession number2.2.o.61
eMuseum ID727489
EmbARK ObjectID13995
Original Number1.2.o.40
TMS Source ID2829
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.
BibliographyNotesRalph Thomas. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Etchings and Drypoints of James Abbott MacNeil Whistler (London, 1874), no. 2.
Frederick Wedmore. Whistler's Etchings: a Study and a Catalogue (London, 1886), p. 18, no. 4.
Théodore Duret. Histoire de J. McN. Whistler et de son oeuvre (Paris, 1904), pp. 11-12.
Howard Mansfield. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Etchings and Dry-Points of James Abbott McNeill Whistler (Chicago, 1909), p. 11, no. 16.
Edward G. Kennedy. The Etched Work of Whistler (New York, 1910), p. 7, no. 16.
P. & D. Colnaghi & Co. An Exhibition of Etchings, Dry Points & Lithographs by James McNeill Whistler (London, 16 November - 10 December 1971). p. 2, no. 4.
David Park Curry. James McNeill Whistler at the Freer Gallery of Art. Exh. cat. (Washington, D.C.: Freer Gallery of Art, 1984), p. 135, fig. 39.1.
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. 36, 38, 57, no. 18.
Margaret F. MacDonald et al. "Liverdun." James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonné (University of Glasgow, 2012), no. 13, accessed 9 June 2016. http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk/catalogue/
Frederick Wedmore. Whistler's Etchings: a Study and a Catalogue (London, 1886), p. 18, no. 4.
Théodore Duret. Histoire de J. McN. Whistler et de son oeuvre (Paris, 1904), pp. 11-12.
Howard Mansfield. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Etchings and Dry-Points of James Abbott McNeill Whistler (Chicago, 1909), p. 11, no. 16.
Edward G. Kennedy. The Etched Work of Whistler (New York, 1910), p. 7, no. 16.
P. & D. Colnaghi & Co. An Exhibition of Etchings, Dry Points & Lithographs by James McNeill Whistler (London, 16 November - 10 December 1971). p. 2, no. 4.
David Park Curry. James McNeill Whistler at the Freer Gallery of Art. Exh. cat. (Washington, D.C.: Freer Gallery of Art, 1984), p. 135, fig. 39.1.
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. 36, 38, 57, no. 18.
Margaret F. MacDonald et al. "Liverdun." James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonné (University of Glasgow, 2012), no. 13, accessed 9 June 2016. http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk/catalogue/
MarksNotesSigned in plate (recto, lower left): "J. Whistler" [reversed "s"]
Signed in plate (recto, upper right): "Whistler"
Signed and inscribed in plate (recto, lower right): "Imp. Delatre. Rue St. Jacques, 171" [printer's mark, Auguste Delâtre]
Numbered in pencil (verso, lower left): a41814
Inscribed in pencil (verso, center): w / u
Inscribed in pencil (verso, lower right): Ex(illegible)
Signed in plate (recto, upper right): "Whistler"
Signed and inscribed in plate (recto, lower right): "Imp. Delatre. Rue St. Jacques, 171" [printer's mark, Auguste Delâtre]
Numbered in pencil (verso, lower left): a41814
Inscribed in pencil (verso, center): w / u
Inscribed in pencil (verso, lower right): Ex(illegible)
ProvenanceNotesEntered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection at an unknown date.
