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Description: | Unmounted (1) s. in stone with butterfly; c.l.
(2) stamp; v. square stamp of Miss Rosalind Birnie Philip PRINT WAY, Thomas Robert; (English; 1861-1913) PRINT WAY,Thomas senior(English) CRE WHISTLER, James McNeill; (American; 1834-1903) This is the second state of this lithograph, printed by Thomas Way. Whistler's butterfly monogram has been made much tidier and more regular, and two veins in the wings have been removed. A horizontal line at the far right of the image in the bridge superstructure has been removed, and the suspension cables at the far left have been erased, slightly reducing the image size. (See also GLAHA 49024/49629/49834/49867). Whistler drew this view of "Old Battersea Bridge" directly on the stone, apparently while he sat in a boat on the Thames at high tide. Several pedestrians on the bridge have paused to look down at the artist at work.
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: | THAMES : RIVERSCAPE : ALBERT BRIDGE : BARGES : 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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