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Description: | Unmounted (1) s. in stone with butterfly; u.r.
(2) Watermark; swan and shield
(3) stamp; v. square stamp of Miss Rosalind Birnie Philip CRE WHISTLER, James McNeill; (American; 1834-1903) PRINT WAY, Thomas Robert; (English; 1861-1913) Whistler drew "The Good Shoe" in the courtyard of the Govier smithy on Broad Street, Lyme Regis, where two blacksmiths were at work shoeing a horse. With a few sure lines Whistler captures the essence of the subject, and the vantage point he selected, with its focus shifting from the small crouching cat in the foreground to the rumps of the two horses across the courtyard, also suggests the humour Whistler found in such everyday subjects. This is one of seven Lyme Regis scenes that Whistler sent to Thomas Way to be printed and although he was concerned that the damp sea air had adversely affected the transfer paper, this image transferred and printed successfully. This lithograph was printed by Thomas Way. (See also GLAHA 49109-49122/49124/49461/49605).
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,SAMUEL : LYME REGIS : DORSET : CAT : 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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