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Description: | Royal (1) s. in plate with butterfly; b.l.
(2) s. on tab with butterfly and inscr. in pencil; "imp" CRE WHISTLER, James McNeill; (American; 1834-1903) PRINT WHISTLER, James McNeill; (American; 1834-1903) This work is part of the 'Naval Review Series'. 1887 was Queen Victoria's Jubilee year and celebrations took place throughout Britain. On the afternoon of July 27th, 1887, a Naval Review was held in her honour where Whistler made a number of etchings, many executed from a moving boat. He later printed these as a set and presented them to the Queen through the First Lord of the Admiralty. It is believed that the final twelve etchings were printed as a set only on that one occasion and individual impressions of these images are quite rare. The etching plate for this work is also in the Hunterian collection. (GLAHA 50403). (See also GLAHA 46920-46935/46937-46951/46955-46967).
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: | QUEEN VICTORIA'S JUBILEE : SPITHEAD : FLAGS : DECK : 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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