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print
Object Type
print
Museum number
1973,0915.12
Title
Object:
Westminster Bridge
Series:
Thames Set
Description
Westminster Bridge from the West; the houses of Parliament to the left; two figures on horse-back in the shallows lower right. Etching
Producer name
Print made by:
James McNeill Whistler
School/style
American
Production date
1849-1863
Materials
paper
Technique
etching
Dimensions
Height:
76 millimetres
Width:
223 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
Graphite sketch of watermark on separate sheet same mount
Bibliographic references
Kennedy 1910 / The Etched Work of Whistler
(39.I)
MacDonald et al 2012 / James McNeill Whistler, the etchings, a catalogue raisonné
(47.I)
Location
Not on display
Exhibition history
1987 Jul-Oct, London, Barbican, 'Image of London'
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Rachel Alexander
(estate of)
Purchased from:
Jean Alexander
(estate of)
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
William Cleverly Alexander
Acquisition date
1973
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1973,0915.12