Rotherhithe
artist
James McNeill Whistler
(American, 1834 - 1903)
Date1860
Place MadeEngland, Europe
MediumEtching and drypoint on Japanese gampi paper
Dimensions27.3 x 20 cm (10 3/4 x 7 7/8 in.)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession number2.2.r.65
eMuseum ID727049
EmbARK ObjectID13999
Original Number1.2.o.39
TMS Source ID2833
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. 41.
Frederick Wedmore. Whistler's Etchings: a Study and a Catalogue (London, 1886), pp. 39-40, no. 60.
Théodore Duret. Histoire de J. McN. Whistler et de son oeuvre (Paris, 1904), p. 14.
Howard Mansfield. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Etchings and Dry-Points of James Abbott McNeill Whistler (Chicago, 1909), pp. 43-44, no. 66.
Edward G. Kennedy. The Etched Work of Whistler (New York, 1910), p. 25, no. 66.
Denys Sutton. James McNeill Whistler: Paintings, Etchings, Pastels, and Watercolours (London, 1966), pp. 8, 186, pl. 16. (as "Rotherhithe - Wapping")
Denys Sutton. "'Un Monsieur Rare, Prince en Quelque Chose...'" and "Rotherhithe (Wapping)" in P. & D. Colnaghi & Co. An Exhibition of Etchings, Dry Points & Lithographs by James McNeill Whistler (London, 16 November - 10 December 1971). p. vii, 8, 12, no. 40, pl. VII.
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. 16, 38-39, no. 10.
M. Knoedler & Company, Inc.. Notes, Harmonies & Nocturnes. Exh. cat. (New York: M. Knoedler & Company, Inc., 1984), p. 54, no. 62.
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. 116, 118-20, 165, 193, 278, no. 70.
Pierre Cabanne. Whistler (New York, 1985), p. 16, ill.
Richard Dorment and Margaret F. MacDonald. James McNeill Whistler. Exh. cat. (London: Tate Gallery, 1994; Paris: Musée d'Orsay, 1995), pp. 104-105, no. 34.
Carole McNamara and John Siewert. Whistler: Prosaic Views, Poetic Vision. Exh. cat. (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Museum of Art, 1996), pp. 58-59, no. 16.
Catherine E. Hutchina (ed.). Fleeting Impressions: Prints by James McNeill Whistler. Exh. cat. (Montgomery: Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, 2006), pp. 16, 36-37, no. 6.
Margaret F. MacDonald et al. "Rotherhithe." James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonné (University of Glasgow, 2012), no. 70, accessed 10 June 2016. http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk/catalogue/
Frederick Wedmore. Whistler's Etchings: a Study and a Catalogue (London, 1886), pp. 39-40, no. 60.
Théodore Duret. Histoire de J. McN. Whistler et de son oeuvre (Paris, 1904), p. 14.
Howard Mansfield. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Etchings and Dry-Points of James Abbott McNeill Whistler (Chicago, 1909), pp. 43-44, no. 66.
Edward G. Kennedy. The Etched Work of Whistler (New York, 1910), p. 25, no. 66.
Denys Sutton. James McNeill Whistler: Paintings, Etchings, Pastels, and Watercolours (London, 1966), pp. 8, 186, pl. 16. (as "Rotherhithe - Wapping")
Denys Sutton. "'Un Monsieur Rare, Prince en Quelque Chose...'" and "Rotherhithe (Wapping)" in P. & D. Colnaghi & Co. An Exhibition of Etchings, Dry Points & Lithographs by James McNeill Whistler (London, 16 November - 10 December 1971). p. vii, 8, 12, no. 40, pl. VII.
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. 16, 38-39, no. 10.
M. Knoedler & Company, Inc.. Notes, Harmonies & Nocturnes. Exh. cat. (New York: M. Knoedler & Company, Inc., 1984), p. 54, no. 62.
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. 116, 118-20, 165, 193, 278, no. 70.
Pierre Cabanne. Whistler (New York, 1985), p. 16, ill.
Richard Dorment and Margaret F. MacDonald. James McNeill Whistler. Exh. cat. (London: Tate Gallery, 1994; Paris: Musée d'Orsay, 1995), pp. 104-105, no. 34.
Carole McNamara and John Siewert. Whistler: Prosaic Views, Poetic Vision. Exh. cat. (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Museum of Art, 1996), pp. 58-59, no. 16.
Catherine E. Hutchina (ed.). Fleeting Impressions: Prints by James McNeill Whistler. Exh. cat. (Montgomery: Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, 2006), pp. 16, 36-37, no. 6.
Margaret F. MacDonald et al. "Rotherhithe." James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonné (University of Glasgow, 2012), no. 70, accessed 10 June 2016. http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk/catalogue/
MarksNotesSigned in plate (lower left): Whistler, 1860
ProvenanceNotesEntered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection at an unknown date.
