Print of bridge with sailboat floating under it
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Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College

We see a long, arched bridge over a still body of water. Several columns of many slender vertical posts support the bridge. Each column has many horizontal beams around its exterior. In some areas the horizontal beams are unevenly spaced. Many pedestrians walk along the deck of the bridge. There is a high railing with crisscrossed beams along just the center portion of the bridge. Mossy vegetation appears to be trailing from the bridge’s underside. Just beyond the bridge is a small sailboat. Further back is a shoreline with buildings.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
2005.288
People
James Abbott McNeill Whistler, American (Lowell, MA 1834 - 1903 London, England)
Title
Old Battersea Bridge
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1879
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/12454

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching and drypoint with plate tone printed in black ink on off-white Japanese paper
Technique
Etching and drypoint
Dimensions
plate: 19.7 x 29.2 cm (7 3/4 x 11 1/2 in.)
sheet: 20.2 x 29.4 cm (7 15/16 x 11 9/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: l.l. signature tab signed with butterfly and inscribed imp.
  • inscription: verso lower left, on a dependant tab below the platemark, graphite: [butterfly] imp
  • inscription: lower right, drypoint: [butterfly]
  • inscription: verso, various graphite inscriptions: 1111 / C6934 [struck through] / s.42053 / K. 177v / 30 / 2005.288 / specially chosen [butterfly]

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
Glasgow vii/vii
Standard Reference Number
Kennedy 177, Glasgow 188

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Patricia Cornwell
Accession Year
2005
Object Number
2005.288
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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