Battersea Morn
1875
Artist, American, 1834 - 1903
Printer, American, 1834 - 1903
Artwork overview
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Medium
drypoint on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
plate: 14.7 × 22.3 cm (5 13/16 × 8 3/4 in.)
sheet: 19.3 × 26.9 cm (7 5/8 × 10 9/16 in.) -
Accession
1943.3.8489
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Catalogue Raisonné
MacDonald 2012, no. 174, state i/v
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(H. Wunderlich & Co., New York, stock no. a 34603). Henry Harper Benedict [1844-1935], New York, (Lugt 1298). Lessing Julius Rosenwald [1891-1971], Philadelphia, (Lugt 1760b); gift to National Gallery of Art, 1943.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1931
Etchings, Lithographs, Original Drawings, and Autograph Letters by James A. McNeill Whistler, The Free Library of Philadelphia, 1931.
Bibliography
1910
Kennedy, Edward G. The Etched Work of Whistler. New York: Grolier Club, 1910, no. 155, i/iv.
2012
MacDonald, Margaret F., Grischka Petri, Joanna Meacock.James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonné. University of Glasgow on-line website at http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. University of Glasgow, 2012: no. 174, state i/v.
Inscriptions
[Whistler's butterfly signature] upper right composition, in plate, artist's hand. "[Whistler's butterfly signature] imp." lower left margin, graphite, artist's hand. Not dated. "Battersea Dawn" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "k.155I" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "Very rare" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "c.652)" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "1" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "c34603 / asx-" verso, lower left sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "w.125" verso, lower left sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "1er" verso, lower left sheet, graphite, unknown hand.
Markings
"LRJ" verso, black stamped ink. "National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink. "HB" (Henry H. Benedict collector's stamp) verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1298).
Watermarks
[Arms of Amsterdam]
Wikidata ID
Q65021906