The Troubled Thames

c. 1875

James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and drypoint on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession

    1949.5.545

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    MacDonald 2012, no. 157, state iii/iii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Henry Harper Benedict [1844-1935], New York, (Lugt 2936); Harris Whittemore [1864-1927], Naugatuck, CT; (his sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 18 January 1949, lot 203); (Charles Sessler, Philadelphia, PA); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald, Jenkintown, PA, 1949; gift to the NGA, 1949.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1910

  • Kennedy, Edward G. The Etched Work of Whistler. New York: Grolier Club, 1910, no. 152, iii/iii.

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. 157, state iii/iii.

Inscriptions

on recto: W.129 / 25/./; on verso: 25' / 15 / 30/./

Watermarks

Arms of Amsterdam

Wikidata ID

Q65076998

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