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Description: | Royal (1) s. in plate with butterfly; l.r.
(2) s. with butterfly; on tab
(3) inscr. in pencil; on tab "imp"
(4) inscr. in pencil; v. with a clover leaf [?] in a circle
(5) Watermark; a cross CRE WHISTLER, James McNeill; (American; 1834-1903) PRINT WHISTLER, James McNeill; (American; 1834-1903) Whistler returned to the River Thames as a subject for both etching and lithography in the late 1870s and this image dates from that time. This view over the Thames was drawn at night and Whistler used the opportunity to contrast the natural darkness with unnatural illumination. The chimneys on the far shore catch the reflected light of the city at night. The etching plate for this work is also in the Hunterian collection (See GLAHA 50549).
Birnie Philip Gift, 1935, not lendable. | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | RIVERSCAPE : SAILING VESSELS : BATTERSEA : FACTORIES : WHISTLER CENTENARY : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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