The Forge
artist
James McNeill Whistler
(American, 1834 - 1903)
Date1861
Place MadeEngland, Europe
MediumDrypoint on Japanese gampi paper
Dimensions17.8 x 31.8 cm (7 x 12 1/2 in.)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession number2.3.o.73
eMuseum ID726387
EmbARK ObjectID14007
Original Number1.1.r.33
TMS Source ID2841
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. 57.
Frederick Wedmore. Whistler's Etchings: a Study and a Catalogue (London, 1886), p. 41, no. 63.
Howard Mansfield. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Etchings and Dry-Points of James Abbott McNeill Whistler (Chicago, 1909), pp. 44-45, no. 68.
Edward G. Kennedy. The Etched Work of Whistler (New York, 1910), p. 26, no. 68.
P. & D. Colnaghi & Co. An Exhibition of Etchings, Dry Points & Lithographs by James McNeill Whistler (London, 16 November - 10 December 1971). p. 14, no. 48.
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. 134, 135, 165, 170, 272, 279, no. 91.
Richard Dorment and Margaret F. MacDonald. James McNeill Whistler. Exh. cat. (London: Tate Gallery, 1994; Paris: Musée d'Orsay, 1995), p. 184, no. 106.
Margaret F. MacDonald. James McNeill Whistler: Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours, a Catalogue Raisonné (New Haven, 1995), p. 97, no. 300.
Carole McNamara and John Siewert. Whistler: Prosaic Views, Poetic Vision. Exh. cat. (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Museum of Art, 1996), pp. 56-57, no. 15.
Margaret F. MacDonald et al. "The Forge." James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonné (University of Glasgow, 2012), no. 86, accessed 14 June 2016. http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk/catalogue/
Frederick Wedmore. Whistler's Etchings: a Study and a Catalogue (London, 1886), p. 41, no. 63.
Howard Mansfield. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Etchings and Dry-Points of James Abbott McNeill Whistler (Chicago, 1909), pp. 44-45, no. 68.
Edward G. Kennedy. The Etched Work of Whistler (New York, 1910), p. 26, no. 68.
P. & D. Colnaghi & Co. An Exhibition of Etchings, Dry Points & Lithographs by James McNeill Whistler (London, 16 November - 10 December 1971). p. 14, no. 48.
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. 134, 135, 165, 170, 272, 279, no. 91.
Richard Dorment and Margaret F. MacDonald. James McNeill Whistler. Exh. cat. (London: Tate Gallery, 1994; Paris: Musée d'Orsay, 1995), p. 184, no. 106.
Margaret F. MacDonald. James McNeill Whistler: Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours, a Catalogue Raisonné (New Haven, 1995), p. 97, no. 300.
Carole McNamara and John Siewert. Whistler: Prosaic Views, Poetic Vision. Exh. cat. (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Museum of Art, 1996), pp. 56-57, no. 15.
Margaret F. MacDonald et al. "The Forge." James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonné (University of Glasgow, 2012), no. 86, accessed 14 June 2016. http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk/catalogue/
MarksNotesSigned in plate (lower right): "Whistler. 1861." ["t" not crossed]
ProvenanceNotesEntered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection at an unknown date.
