The Wine Glass
artist
James McNeill Whistler
(American, 1834 - 1903)
Dateabout 1859
Place MadeEngland, Europe
MediumEtching on japanese gampi paper
Dimensions8.3 x 5.7 cm (3 1/4 x 2 1/4 in.)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession number2.3.r.83
eMuseum ID726077
Original Number2.2.r.78
EmbARK ObjectID14017
TMS Source ID2851
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. 28.
Frederick Wedmore. Whistler's Etchings: a Study and a Catalogue (London, 1899), p. 28, no. 31
Howard Mansfield. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Etchings and Dry-Points of James Abbott McNeill Whistler (Chicago, 1909), p. 18, no. 27.
Edward G. Kennedy. The Etched Work of Whistler (New York, 1910), p. 12, no. 27.
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. 59-60, 278, no. 30.
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. "The Wine Glass." James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonné (University of Glasgow, 2012), no. 38, accessed 16 June 2016. http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk/catalogue/
Frederick Wedmore. Whistler's Etchings: a Study and a Catalogue (London, 1899), p. 28, no. 31
Howard Mansfield. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Etchings and Dry-Points of James Abbott McNeill Whistler (Chicago, 1909), p. 18, no. 27.
Edward G. Kennedy. The Etched Work of Whistler (New York, 1910), p. 12, no. 27.
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. 59-60, 278, no. 30.
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. "The Wine Glass." James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonné (University of Glasgow, 2012), no. 38, accessed 16 June 2016. http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk/catalogue/
MarksNotesSigned in plate (lower left): Whistler
ProvenanceNotesEntered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection by September 1903.
