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Description: | Unmounted (1) s. in stone with butterfly; u.r.
(2) stamp; v. round stamp of Miss Rosalind Birnie Philip CRE WHISTLER, James McNeill; (American; 1834-1903) PRINT GOULDING, Frederick (English; 1842-1909) This is a posthumous printing. After Whistler?s death in 1903, his heir and sister-in-law, Rosalind Birnie Philip, commissioned the London printer, Frederick Goulding, to print posthumous editions of many of Whistler?s lithographs. Between October 1903 and May 1904, Goulding pulled impressions from 94 stones and transferred and printed 10 previously untransferred lithographic drawings. "The Smith?s Yard" is a view of the Govier family?s blacksmith shop on Broad Street in Lyme Regis, Dorset, seen from the courtyard. One of the Govier sons and a young apprentice have turned to look at the artist, and with a few precise lines Whistler successfully captures the character of the yard, framed on the left by a large rain barrel and on the right by a grinding wheel. "The Smith?s Yard" was one of seven scenes of Lyme Regis that Whistler sent to Thomas Way to be printed. The damp sea air had caused him to worry that the transfer paper he had used might have been adversely affected, and while some images did not print well, "The Smith?s Yard" was a success. (See also GLAHA 49109-49112/ 49114-49124/ 49411/ 49412/ 49414).
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: | BLACKSMITHS : GOVIER : LYME REGIS : DORSET : 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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