The Forge, from A Series of Sixteen Etchings of Scenes on the Thames and Other Subjects
James Abbott McNeill Whistler, The Forge, from A Series of Sixteen Etchings of Scenes on the Thames and Other Subjects, 1861, drypoint on cream laid paper, Gift of Bob Rau, public domain, 92.106.7
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- Title
The Forge, from A Series of Sixteen Etchings of Scenes on the Thames and Other Subjects
- Related Titles
original language: The Forge
series (original language): Thames Set
- Artist
James Abbott McNeill Whistler (American, active England and France, 1834-1903)
- Date
1861
- Medium
drypoint on cream laid paper
- Catalogue Raisonné
Glasgow 86
- Dimensions (H x W x D)
plate: 7 5/8 in x 12 9/16 in; sheet: 9 5/16 in x 14 7/8 in
- Inscriptions & Markings
signature; date: Whistler // 1866, printed, lower right in plate
- Collection Area
Graphic Arts
- Category
Prints
- Object Type
intaglio print
- Culture
American
- Credit Line
Gift of Bob Rau
- Accession Number
92.106.7
- Copyright
public domain
- Terms
Whistler was drawn to forges and furnaces, which allowed him to experiment with dramatic lighting effects. Compare this scene of a blacksmith in a forge in the small French town of Perros-Guirec in Brittany with James McBey's depiction of the forge of a glass blower on the island of Murano, in Venice [see Related Artworks].
- Exhibitions
2002 Setting the Scene: Interior Portland Art Museum
2017 The Etchings of Whistler and His Circle Portland Art Museum