Thames Warehouses
artist
James McNeill Whistler
(American, 1834 - 1903)
Date1859
Place MadeEngland, Europe
MediumEtching on Japanese paper
Dimensions7.9 x 20.3 cm (3 1/8 x 8 in.)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession number2.3.o.76
eMuseum ID726401
EmbARK ObjectID14010
Original Number1.2.r.45
TMS Source ID2844
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. 42. (as "View Up the River")
Frederick Wedmore. Whistler's Etchings: a Study and a Catalogue (London, 1886), p. 31, no. 35. (as "Thames Warehouse, from Thames Tunnel Pier")
Howard Mansfield. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Etchings and Dry-Points of James Abbott McNeill Whistler (Chicago, 1909), p. 23, no. 37.
Edward G. Kennedy. The Etched Work of Whistler (New York, 1910), pp. 14-15, no. 38.
P. & D. Colnaghi & Co. An Exhibition of Etchings, Dry Points & Lithographs by James McNeill Whistler (London, 16 November - 10 December 1971). p. 10, no. 28.
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. 76, 278, no. 41.
Catherine E. Hutchina (ed.). Fleeting Impressions: Prints by James McNeill Whistler. Exh. cat. (Montgomery: Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, 2006), pp. 16, 106.
Margaret F. MacDonald et al. "Thames Warehouses." James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonné (University of Glasgow, 2012), no. 46, accessed 15 June 2016. http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk/catalogue/
Frederick Wedmore. Whistler's Etchings: a Study and a Catalogue (London, 1886), p. 31, no. 35. (as "Thames Warehouse, from Thames Tunnel Pier")
Howard Mansfield. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Etchings and Dry-Points of James Abbott McNeill Whistler (Chicago, 1909), p. 23, no. 37.
Edward G. Kennedy. The Etched Work of Whistler (New York, 1910), pp. 14-15, no. 38.
P. & D. Colnaghi & Co. An Exhibition of Etchings, Dry Points & Lithographs by James McNeill Whistler (London, 16 November - 10 December 1971). p. 10, no. 28.
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. 76, 278, no. 41.
Catherine E. Hutchina (ed.). Fleeting Impressions: Prints by James McNeill Whistler. Exh. cat. (Montgomery: Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, 2006), pp. 16, 106.
Margaret F. MacDonald et al. "Thames Warehouses." James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonné (University of Glasgow, 2012), no. 46, accessed 15 June 2016. http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk/catalogue/
MarksNotesSigned in plate (lower right): Whistler 1859
Inscribed in plate: FREDK [superscript 'K'] VINK & Co [superscript 'o'] / ROPE & SAIL MAKERS, SMITH & SON./HERMITAGE COAL WHARF, HO[A]RES WHARF
Inscribed in plate: FREDK [superscript 'K'] VINK & Co [superscript 'o'] / ROPE & SAIL MAKERS, SMITH & SON./HERMITAGE COAL WHARF, HO[A]RES WHARF
ProvenanceNotesEntered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection at an unknown date.
