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The Punt

Print
1861 (etched)
Artist/Maker
Whistler (artist)

Etching and drypoint by James McNeill Whistler, 'The Punt', 1861. Signed by the artist and lettered. A man with hat and pipe standing on a punt, grasping a pole. View of a still river, trees, fields and hedges on the banks beyond.


Object details

Category
Prints
Object type
Print
TitleThe Punt (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Etching and drypoint on paper
Paper
Printing Ink
Etching (Printing Process)
Drypoint
Brief description
By James McNeill Whistler: 'The Punt', etching and drypoint, 1861
Physical description
Etching and drypoint by James McNeill Whistler, 'The Punt', 1861. Signed by the artist and lettered. A man with hat and pipe standing on a punt, grasping a pole. View of a still river, trees, fields and hedges on the banks beyond.
Dimensions
  • Plate height: 11.6cm
  • Plate width: 16.5cm
  • Paper height: 20.9cm
  • Paper width: 24.2cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Whistler' (Signed by the artist in plate bottom left.)
  • 'J. Whistler.' (Lettered bottom right)
  • 'Pl.7' (Lettered at top right.)
Object history
Published in Passages from Modern English Poets, illustrated by the Junior Etching Club. Day & Son, 1862. W.68; K.85, 4th state.
Subjects depicted
Punts
Rivers
Associated object
E.1404-1904
Bibliographic references
  • Wedmore, Frederick. Whistler's Etchings, A Study and a Catalogue. London: Colnaghi & Co, 1899. No.68.
  • Kennedy, Edward G. The Etched Work of Whistler. San Francisco: Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1978. No.85, 4th state.
  • Passages from Modern English Poets, illustrated by the Junior Etching Club. Day & Son, 1862.
  • Taken from Departmental Circulation Register 1968
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
CIRC.596-1968

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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