The Two Ships
artist
James McNeill Whistler
(American, 1834 - 1903)
Date1861
Place MadeEngland, Europe
MediumEtching and drypoint on laid paper
Dimensions20.8 x 13.3 cm (8 3/16 x 5 1/4 in.)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession number2.3.r.85
eMuseum ID725938
Original Number1.3.r.53
EmbARK ObjectID14019
TMS Source ID2853
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, 1899), p. 56, no. 116.
Howard Mansfield. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Etchings and Dry-Points of James Abbott McNeill Whistler (Chicago, 1909), pp. 90-91, no. 146.
Edward G. Kennedy. The Etched Work of Whistler (New York, 1910), pp. 54-55, no. 148.
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. 150.
Margaret F. MacDonald et al. "The Two Ships." James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonné (University of Glasgow, 2012), no. 143, accessed 16 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), pp. 90-91, no. 146.
Edward G. Kennedy. The Etched Work of Whistler (New York, 1910), pp. 54-55, no. 148.
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. 150.
Margaret F. MacDonald et al. "The Two Ships." James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonné (University of Glasgow, 2012), no. 143, accessed 16 June 2016. http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk/catalogue/
MarksNotesSigned in plate (lower left): Whistler's butterfly signature
Numbered in graphite (lower left): W116
Watermark: Coat of Arms [Unidentified]
Numbered in graphite (lower left): W116
Watermark: Coat of Arms [Unidentified]
ProvenanceNotesEntered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection by September 1903.
