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Description: | Unmounted (1) s. in stone with butterfly; u.l.
(2) stamp; v. square stamp of Miss Rosalind Birnie Philip CRE WHISTLER, James McNeill; (American; 1834-1903) PRINT WAY, Thomas Robert; (English; 1861-1913) This lithograph depicts the master smith George Govier and his son Samuel at work in their family smithy on Broad Street in Lyme Regis, Dorset. This smithy is the subject of a number of other lithographic drawings done by Whistler during this period and this particular image was one of seven Lyme Regis scenes that he sent to Thomas Way to be printed. Whistler was concerned that the damp sea air may have adversely affected the transfer paper on which these lithographs were drawn, and while some transferred poorly, "Father and Son" was one of the more successful images pulled. However, Whistler did plan some revisions to the stone of this lithograph, but no changes were ever carried out. (See also GLAHA 49405/49406/49408-49410).
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: | DORSET : LYME REGIS : GOVIER : FORGE : 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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