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Description: | Unmounted (1) s. in stone with butterfly; c.r.
(2) Watermark; high-crowned GR, contained within chains 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. Whistler drew the transfer drawing for "St. Giles-in-the-Fields" in the early spring of 1896. The artist faithfully recorded the proportions and architectural details of the church building, defining them with deep shadow. Gentle shading was used to soften drawn lines and to record the budding foliage on the trees. As a result the lithograph successfully captures the change of season from late winter to early spring. (See also GLAHA 49171/49484/49485/49626/49825/49826/50249).
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: | TOWNSCAPE : CHURCH : BAROQUE : GARDEN : HENRY FLITCROFT : 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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