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Description: | Royal (1) s. in plate with butterfly; c.l.
(2) s. below plate with butterfly and inscr. in pencil; l. "imp" CRE WHISTLER, James McNeill; (American; 1834-1903) PRINT WHISTLER, James McNeill; (American; 1834-1903) PUB DOWDESWELL and Dowdeswell, Messrs This impression is taken from the cancelled plate. Other states of this work were included in 'The Second Venice Set', or 'A Set of Twenty-Six Etchings', as published by Dowdeswell and Dowdeswell, London, in 1886. "Nocturne: Furnace" successfully combines a number of Whistler?s favourite themes, explored in his work in all media. The subject itself of a furnace reflects his pleasure in depicting blacksmiths shops and other workshops. The night-time darkness allows him to provide a natural frame for the brightly lit interior, and the composition of being outside and looking in is one that he particularly favoured in many of his Venice etchings. (See also GLAHA 46617/46875/46876/49881/49938-49971/49974).
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: | GLASSBLOWER : FORGE : GONDOLA : CANCELLED PLATE : 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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