Under Old Battersea Bridge

Object Details

• Artist

  James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

• Edition/State

  3, 3

• Label

  Whistler etchings are identified by "G" numbers as assigned in "James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonne," by Margaret F. McDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock (University of Glasgow, 2012), http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. This print is G168 state 3 of 3.

• Provenance

  Mortimer Menpes (1855-1938), England [1]

  To 1904

  Obach & Co., London, to 1904 [2]

  From 1904 to 1919

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Obach & Co. in 1904 [3]

  From 1920

  Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [4]

  Notes:

  [1] See Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List file, Collections Management Office. See also, Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record.

  [2] See Original Whistler List, Etchings, Voucher No. 1, July 1904, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

  [3] See note 2.

  [4] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  An American in London: Whistler and the Thames (May 3 to August 17, 2014)

  Whistler and the Thames (December 17, 2000 to June 17, 2001)

  Whistler Etchings and Copper Plates (May 15, 1968 to February 22, 1971)

  Untitled Exhibition, Whistler Prints (December 12, 1955 to February 25, 1956)

  Untitled Exhibition, Whistler Etchings, Lithographs, and Drypoint (September 24, 1947 to April 11, 1955)

  Etchings and Dry Points by Whistler (March 23, 1925 to March 24, 1930)

  Special Exhibition, Whistler Etchings and Lithographs (January 14, 1924 to February 18, 1924)

  American Paintings, Etchings, and Lithographs. J.A.McN. Whistler (May 2, 1923 to January 7, 1924)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Mortimer Menpes (1855-1938)

  Obach & Co. (1884-1911) (C.L. Freer source)

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

• Origin

  United States

• Credit Line

  Gift of Charles Lang Freer

• Type

  Print

• Restrictions and Rights

  CC0 - Creative Commons (CC0 1.0)

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• Related Resources

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• Date

  1870s

• Name

  Freer, Charles Lang, Obach & Co., Menpes, Mortimer

• Place

  United States

• Topic

  Bridges, Charles Lang Freer collection, Art, American Art, Etching (printing process), Cancelled plate

• Culture

  Americans

• Object Type

  Prints