The Thames Towards Erith
c. 1877
Artist, 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: 14.6 × 22.3 cm (5 3/4 × 8 3/4 in.)
sheet: 19.7 × 32.3 cm (7 3/4 × 12 11/16 in.) -
Accession
1943.3.8498
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Catalogue Raisonné
MacDonald 2012, no. 173, state iii/iv
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Charles William Dowdeswell [1832- 1915], London, (Lugt 690). (H. Wunderlich & Co., New York, stock nos. a 32557?, a 43473). Henry Harper Benedict [1844-1935], New York, (Lugt 1298). Lessing Julius Rosenwald [1891-1971], Philadelphia, (Lugt 1760b); gift to NGA, 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. 165, ii/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. 173, state iii/iv.
Inscriptions
[Whistler's butterfly signature] lower right composition, in plate, artist's hand. Not dated. "3 mk 32557" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "a43473" verso, lower left sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "[illeg.]" verso, lower center sheet, graphite, unknown hand.
Markings
"LRJ" verso, black stamped ink. "National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink. (Charles W. Dowdeswell collector's stamp) verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 690). (Henry H. Benedict collector's stampt) verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1298).
Watermarks
[Arms of Amsterdam]
Wikidata ID
Q65021915