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Description: | Royal CRE WHISTLER, James McNeill; (American; 1834-1903) Whistler returned to the River Thames as a subject for both etching and lithography in the late 1870s and this image probably dates from this time. The view is of riverside warehouses seen across the somewhat rough waters of the Thames. At this time, Whistler was very much occupied with capturing a degree of atmosphere in his work and within this composition he manages to convey a sense of the running water, rising high against the banks. This impression was taken from the cancelled plate. The etching plate for this work is also in the Hunterian collection (GLAHA 50535). (See also GLAHA 50004/50536).
Birnie Philip Gift, 1935, not lendable. | 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: | CANCELLED PLATE : THAMES : RIVERSCAPE : STEAMER : FACTORIES : WAREHOUSES : PADDLESTEAMER : 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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