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Description: | Unmounted (1) s. in stone with butterfly; u.r.
(2) Watermark; twisted bell 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. This portrait of George Govier was drawn as the master smith talked with Whistler during a break from work at his blacksmith shop on Broad Street in Lyme Regis. "The Master Smith" was one of seven Lyme Regis lithographs drawn by Whistler that he sent to Thomas Way for printing in 1895. Although some of these images did not transfer successfully due to the effect of the damp sea air on the transfer paper, "The Master Smith" was an exception. Whistler was delighted with the printed image and Thomas Way wrote years later that Whistler had considered "The Master Smith" "one of his most perfect lithographs". (See also GLAHA 49401-49403/49603/49799).
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 : PORTRAIT : GEORGE GOVIER : LYME REGIS : 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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