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Description: | Royal (1) s. in stone with butterfly; b.l.
(2) s. in pencil with butterfly; b.c.
(3) Watermark; "Fortune"
(4) stamp; v. square stamp of Miss Rosalind Birnie Philip PRINT WAY, Thomas Robert; (English; 1861-1913) CRE WHISTLER, James McNeill; (American; 1834-1903) During his stay in Lyme Regis, Dorset, in the autumn of 1895, Whistler drew many studies on transfer paper in the Govier blacksmith shop on Broad Street. This particular lithograph shows the master smith, George Govier standing in the light of the furnace, where his older son, Samuel, works the bellows. The title of the lithograph suggests that the old smith enjoyed entertaining Whistler with stories during his visits to the smithy. However, when Whistler received the first proofs of this image from Thomas Way he was disappointed with the results and asked Way not to show them to anyone. This lithograph was printed by Thomas Way in c.1895-1896. (See also GLAHA 49109 - 49122/49442 - 49445/49602 - 49615).
Birnie Philip Bequest, 1958. | 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: | SAMUEL GOVIER : LYME REGIS : DORSET : BLACKSMITHS : ANVIL : 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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