Wych Street, London
artist
James McNeill Whistler
(American, 1834 - 1903)
Date1877
Place MadeEngland, Europe
MediumEtching and drypoint on antique laid paper
Dimensions21.7 x 13.8 cm (8 9/16 x 5 7/16 in.)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession number2.3.r.79
eMuseum ID726571
Original Number1.3.r.55
EmbARK ObjectID14013
TMS Source ID2847
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.
BibliographyNotesFrederick Wedmore. Whistler's Etchings: a Study and a Catalogue (London, 1886), pp. 60-61, no. 132.
Howard Mansfield. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Etchings and Dry-Points of James Abbott McNeill Whistler (Chicago, 1909), p. 97, no. 156.
Edward G. Kennedy. The Etched Work of Whistler (New York, 1910), p. 58, no. 159.
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. 280, no. 162.
Margaret F. MacDonald et al. "Wych Street, London." James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonné (University of Glasgow, 2012), no. 176, accessed 15 June 2016. http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk/catalogue/
Howard Mansfield. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Etchings and Dry-Points of James Abbott McNeill Whistler (Chicago, 1909), p. 97, no. 156.
Edward G. Kennedy. The Etched Work of Whistler (New York, 1910), p. 58, no. 159.
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. 280, no. 162.
Margaret F. MacDonald et al. "Wych Street, London." James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonné (University of Glasgow, 2012), no. 176, accessed 15 June 2016. http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk/catalogue/
MarksNotesSigned in graphite below plate (recto, lower right margin): Whistler's butterfly signature
Numbered in graphite (verso, center): 6208
Inscribed in graphite (verso, lower left corner): Wych Street / W. 132
Numbered in graphite (verso, center): 6208
Inscribed in graphite (verso, lower left corner): Wych Street / W. 132
ProvenanceNotesEntered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection at an unknown date.
