Thames Police
artist
James McNeill Whistler
(American, 1834 - 1903)
Date1859
Place MadeEngland, Europe
MediumEtching and drypoint on Japanese paper
Dimensions15.2 x 22.9 cm (6 x 9 in.)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession number2.2.r.64
eMuseum ID726838
EmbARK ObjectID13998
Original Number1.2.r.43
TMS Source ID2832
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. 43.
Frederick Wedmore. Whistler's Etchings: a Study and a Catalogue (London, 1886), pp. 32-33, no. 42.
Théodore Duret. Histoire de J. McN. Whistler et de son oeuvre (Paris, 1904), p. 11.
Howard Mansfield. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Etchings and Dry-Points of James Abbott McNeill Whistler (Chicago, 1909), pp. 27-28, no. 43. (as "Wapping Warf")
Edward G. Kennedy. The Etched Work of Whistler (New York, 1910), pp. 16-17, no. 44.
P. & D. Colnaghi & Co. An Exhibition of Etchings, Dry Points & Lithographs by James McNeill Whistler (London, 16 November - 10 December 1971). p. 11, no. 33.
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. 81, 170, 278, no. 47 (as "Wapping Warf")
Catherine E. Hutchina (ed.). Fleeting Impressions: Prints by James McNeill Whistler. Exh. cat. (Montgomery: Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, 2006), pp. 16, 39, 105, ill.
Margaret F. MacDonald et al. "Thames Police." James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonné (University of Glasgow, 2012), no. 53, accessed 10 June 2016. http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk/catalogue/
Frederick Wedmore. Whistler's Etchings: a Study and a Catalogue (London, 1886), pp. 32-33, no. 42.
Théodore Duret. Histoire de J. McN. Whistler et de son oeuvre (Paris, 1904), p. 11.
Howard Mansfield. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Etchings and Dry-Points of James Abbott McNeill Whistler (Chicago, 1909), pp. 27-28, no. 43. (as "Wapping Warf")
Edward G. Kennedy. The Etched Work of Whistler (New York, 1910), pp. 16-17, no. 44.
P. & D. Colnaghi & Co. An Exhibition of Etchings, Dry Points & Lithographs by James McNeill Whistler (London, 16 November - 10 December 1971). p. 11, no. 33.
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. 81, 170, 278, no. 47 (as "Wapping Warf")
Catherine E. Hutchina (ed.). Fleeting Impressions: Prints by James McNeill Whistler. Exh. cat. (Montgomery: Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, 2006), pp. 16, 39, 105, ill.
Margaret F. MacDonald et al. "Thames Police." James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonné (University of Glasgow, 2012), no. 53, accessed 10 June 2016. http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk/catalogue/
MarksNotesSigned in plate (lower right): "Whistler. 1859."
ProvenanceNotesEntered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection at an unknown date.
