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The Landscape with the Horse

Etching
1859 (etched)
Artist/Maker

‘Landscape with the Horse’, etching by James Whistler, 1859. Signed and dated by the artist in plate. Rural view of two horses grazing in a meadow, with cottages on the horizon and a path crossing the right foreground. The first state of the plate has only one horse; the second state has two.


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleThe Landscape with the Horse (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Etching on paper
Brief description
'Landscape with the Horse', etching by James Whistler, 1859.
Physical description
‘Landscape with the Horse’, etching by James Whistler, 1859. Signed and dated by the artist in plate. Rural view of two horses grazing in a meadow, with cottages on the horizon and a path crossing the right foreground. The first state of the plate has only one horse; the second state has two.
Dimensions
  • Plate height: 12.7cm
  • Plate width: 20cm
  • Paper height: 19.1cm
  • Paper width: 26cm
Style
Marks and inscriptions
'Whistler. 1859.' (Signed by the artist in plate bottom left.)
Object history
W.46, 2nd state; K.36, 2nd state.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic references
  • Wedmore, Frederick. Whistler's Etchings, A Study and a Catalogue. London: Colnaghi & Co, 1899. No.46, 2nd state.
  • Kennedy, Edward G. The Etched Work of Whistler. San Francisco: Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1978. No.36, 2nd state.
Collection
Accession number
E.11-1905

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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