Old Westminster Bridge
artist
James McNeill Whistler
(American, 1834 - 1903)
Date1859
Place MadeEngland, Europe
MediumEtching on laid paper
Dimensions7.5 x 20 cm (2 15/16 x 7 7/8 in.)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession number2.2.r.67
eMuseum ID727100
Original Number1.3.o.49
EmbARK ObjectID14001
TMS Source ID2835
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 Catalogue of the Etchings and Drypoints of James Abbott MacNeill Whistler (London, 1874), no. 36. (as titled, "The Houses of Parliament")
Sir Frederick Wedmore. Whistler's Etchings: A Study and a Catalogue (London, 1886), no. 36. (as titled, "Westminster Bridge")
Howard Mansfield. A Descriptive Catalogue of Etchings and Dry-Points of James Abbott McNeill Whistler (Chicago, 1909), no. 38.
Edward G. Kennedy. The Etched Work of Whistler (New York, 1910), p. 15. no. 39.
P. & D. Colnaghi & Co. An Exhibition of Etchings, Dry Points & Lithographs by James McNeill Whistler (London, 16 November - 10 December 1971). p. 10, no. 30.
Walter Muir Whitehill. "Some Correspondence of Matthew Stewart Prichard and Isabella Stewart Gardner." Fenway Court (1974) p. 25, ill.
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), p. 76.
David Park Curry. James McNeill Whistler at the Freer Gallery of Art. Exh. cat. (Washinton, D.C.: Freer Gallery of Art, 1984), p. 220, fig. 168-171.2.
Catherine E. Hutchina (ed.). Fleeting Impressions: Prints by James McNeill Whistler. Exh. Cat. (Montgomery: Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, 2006), p. 15.
Margaret F. MacDonald et al. "Old Westminster Bridge." James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonné (University of Glasgow, 2012), no. 47, accessed 2015. etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk/catalogue/
Sir Frederick Wedmore. Whistler's Etchings: A Study and a Catalogue (London, 1886), no. 36. (as titled, "Westminster Bridge")
Howard Mansfield. A Descriptive Catalogue of Etchings and Dry-Points of James Abbott McNeill Whistler (Chicago, 1909), no. 38.
Edward G. Kennedy. The Etched Work of Whistler (New York, 1910), p. 15. no. 39.
P. & D. Colnaghi & Co. An Exhibition of Etchings, Dry Points & Lithographs by James McNeill Whistler (London, 16 November - 10 December 1971). p. 10, no. 30.
Walter Muir Whitehill. "Some Correspondence of Matthew Stewart Prichard and Isabella Stewart Gardner." Fenway Court (1974) p. 25, ill.
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), p. 76.
David Park Curry. James McNeill Whistler at the Freer Gallery of Art. Exh. cat. (Washinton, D.C.: Freer Gallery of Art, 1984), p. 220, fig. 168-171.2.
Catherine E. Hutchina (ed.). Fleeting Impressions: Prints by James McNeill Whistler. Exh. Cat. (Montgomery: Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, 2006), p. 15.
Margaret F. MacDonald et al. "Old Westminster Bridge." James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonné (University of Glasgow, 2012), no. 47, accessed 2015. etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk/catalogue/
MarksNotesSigned in plate (recto, lower left): Whistler 1859
Signed in graphite (recto, lower left): Whistler's butterfly signature
Inscribed in graphite (verso, lower center): J. W. D. C / O. W.
Inscribed in graphite (verso, lower right): Very brilliant [two illegible words] [Whistler's butterfly signature]
Signed in graphite (recto, lower left): Whistler's butterfly signature
Inscribed in graphite (verso, lower center): J. W. D. C / O. W.
Inscribed in graphite (verso, lower right): Very brilliant [two illegible words] [Whistler's butterfly signature]
ProvenanceNotesPurchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from H. Wunderlich & Co., New York on 14 August 1895 for $31.50 (as a set with museum no. 2.2.r.68)
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