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Description: | Royal (1) s. in plate with butterfly; b.r.
(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 the Jubilee year of Queen Victoria and celebrations took place throughout Britain. On July 27th, 1887, a Naval Review was held in her honour and Whistler made a number of etchings that afternoon, many executed from a moving boat, which he later printed as a set and presented 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 50421). (See also GLAHA 46920-46923/46925-46951/46955-46967).
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 : WARSHIPS : BUNTING : ROWING BOAT : LAUNCH : 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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