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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M23098
People
James Abbott McNeill Whistler, American (Lowell, MA 1834 - 1903 London, England)
Title
The Old Swan Brewery, Chelsea
Other Titles
Alternate Title: "The Swan," Chelsea
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1872-1873
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/252890

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching printed with plate tone in black ink on off-white antique laid paper
Technique
Etching
Dimensions
plate: 6.6 × 9.7 cm (2 5/8 × 3 13/16 in.)
sheet: 11.6 × 15.4 cm (4 9/16 × 6 1/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: in plate, far right: geometric butterfly insignia
  • inscription: below bottom plate line, from left, graphite: F. Goulding Imp..at SR m. Etching room
  • inscription: in plate, far right building, etched: [geometric butterfly]
  • collector's mark: verso, black stamp with accession number written in graphite:
    THE WILLIAM HAYES FOGG / ART MUSEUM OF / HARVARD UNIVERSITY / M23098 [Lugt 936]

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
only state
Edition
Goulding print
Standard Reference Number
Kennedy 98, Glasgow 105

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Robert Gardner
Accession Year
1996
Object Number
M23098
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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