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Description: | Unmounted (1) s. in pencil with butterfly; b.l.
(2) Watermark; VDL fleur de lys CRE WHISTLER, James McNeill; (American; 1834-1903) PRINT WAY, Thomas Robert; (English; 1861-1913) "The Sunny Smithy" is an interior view of the Govier smithy on Broad Street in Lyme Regis, Dorset. In the centre of the scene the master smith, George Govier, wearing a leather apron and vest, works with a hammer at an anvil. This drawing was one of seven Lyme Regis scenes that Whistler sent to Thomas Way for printing in 1895. However, Whistler was concerned that the damp sea air had adversely affected the transfer paper and when the proofs were returned it seemed his suspicion was confirmed. The drawing did not transfer as well as Whistler had hoped and although he planned some revisions, they were never carried out. (See also GLAHA 49604).
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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