Print of bridge seen from a distance
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Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College

We see a distant stone bridge over a body of water. The bridge’s supports form many arches underneath it. Boats float behind the bridge and in the broad expanse of water before it. At the left end of the bridge is a large stone structure with pointed towers and parapets, plus more buildings and trees. The buildings on the right side of the bridge are less shaded and detailed. In the right foreground are more boats as well as two figures who appear to be riding horses in the water. Whistler’s signature appears in the bottom left corner.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
G5715
People
James Abbott McNeill Whistler, American (Lowell, MA 1834 - 1903 London, England)
Title
Old Westminster Bridge
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: A Series of Sixteen Etchings of Scenes on the Thames and Other Subjects, 1871
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1859
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/280031

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching and drypoint printed in black ink on off-white modern laid paper
Technique
Etching and drypoint
Dimensions
plate: 7.5 × 20.2 cm (2 15/16 × 7 15/16 in.)
sheet: 10 × 22.7 cm (3 15/16 × 8 15/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower left, etched: Whistler 1859
  • collector's mark: verso, graphite:
    E. H. G. [Edward Hale Greenleaf (Lugt 5207)]
  • collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with accession number written within in brown ink:
    GRAY COLLECTION, / 5715 / HARVARD COLLEGE. [within an oval borderline (Lugt 4836)]

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
Glasgow iv/iv
Standard Reference Number
Kennedy 39; Glasgow 47

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gray Collection of Engravings Fund
Object Number
G5715
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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