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Description: | Royal s. in plate; b.r. "Whistler 1859" PUB WHISTLER, James McNeill; (American; 1834-1903) Whistler turned to the subject of the River Thames in the summer of 1859 and this was among the first etchings he made of it. The plate was published in 1871 by Ellis and Green as part of 'Sixteen Etchings of Scenes on the Thames and Other Subjects?. Impressions were also later available through The Fine Art Society and the artist himself. Within this composition, the words "Fred Vink & Co., Rope and Sail Makers, Smith & Son, Hermitage Coal Wharf, Hore?s Wharf" are written on the warehouse walls. (See also GLAHA 46728).
This etching was presented to the University of Glasgow by Dr J. A. McCallum (1862-1948). | 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: | RIVERSCAPE : BARGES : SAILING VESSELS : STEAMER : ST PAUL'S CATHEDRAL : DOME : WEATHERBOARDING : WHARVES : THAMES SET : WAREHOUSES : WHISTLER CENTENARY : IAA : | 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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