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Print of boats on shore beside body of water with bridge and buildings

Three boats sit on a shore at foreground left. The one closest to the viewer is smaller than the others. A tall, dark, crooked post is positioned between the other two boats. A large, smooth body of water occupies the right side of the image. A small sailboat floats on it with its sail reflected in the water. In the right background is a sloping bridge over the water. To the left is a shoreline with tall, crowded buildings. Silhouetted birds fly above the scene. The darker portions of this print are heavily cross-hatched, giving it a sketchy, textured quality.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
G5727
People
James Abbott McNeill Whistler, American (Lowell, MA 1834 - 1903 London, England)
Title
Chelsea Bridge and Church
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
1871
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/280234

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching and drypoint printed in black ink on off-white modern laid paper
Technique
Etching and drypoint
Dimensions
plate: 10.2 × 17 cm (4 × 6 11/16 in.)
sheet: 12.8 × 19.2 cm (5 1/16 × 7 9/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: unsigned
  • watermark: DE ERVEN D.k BLAUW
  • collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with accession number written within in brown ink:
    GRAY COLLECTION, / 5727 / HARVARD COLLEGE. [within an oval borderline (Lugt 4836)]

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
Glasgow vii/vii
Standard Reference Number
Kennedy 95; Glasgow 102

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gray Collection of Engravings Fund
Object Number
G5727
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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