Old Westminster Bridge, from A Series of Sixteen Etchings of Scenes on the Thames and Other Subjects
James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Old Westminster Bridge, from A Series of Sixteen Etchings of Scenes on the Thames and Other Subjects, 1859, etching and drypoint on cream laid paper, Gift of Henry Failing Cabell, public domain, 49.11
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- Title
Old Westminster Bridge, from A Series of Sixteen Etchings of Scenes on the Thames and Other Subjects
- Related Titles
original language: Old Westminster Bridge
series (original language): Thames Set
- Artist
James Abbott McNeill Whistler (American, active England and France, 1834-1903)
- Date
1859
- Medium
etching and drypoint on cream laid paper
- State
Third state
- Catalogue Raisonné
Glasgow 47
- Dimensions (H x W x D)
plate: 3 in x 7 3/16 in; sheet: 4 3/4 in x 9 1/4 in
- Inscriptions & Markings
numbered: 00 // 10, graphite [in another hand], bottom right corner
numbered; inscription: 49.11 / Foe., graphite [in another hand], bottom right
title: Old Westminster Bridge, graphite, bottom left Language: English
signature: Whistler 1859, printed, lower left in image
- Collection Area
Graphic Arts
- Category
Prints
- Object Type
intaglio print
- Culture
American
- Credit Line
Gift of Henry Failing Cabell
- Accession Number
49.11
- Copyright
public domain
- Terms
Whistler made numerous etchings of London bridges between 1859 and 1889. This view feature old Westminster Bridge spanning the Thames in London. At left, the Houses of Parliament and Big Ben stand in shadow beneath a sky of rapidly sketched clouds.
This view is unusual for its extremely narrow horizontal format, which may have been influenced by the panoramic views of the river by Dutch artist Wenceslaus Hollar (1607–1677).
- Exhibitions
2017 The Etchings of Whistler and His Circle Portland Art Museum
