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Old Battersea Bridge from the south-west.

Drawing
c.1860 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Walter Greaves. Old Battersea Bridge, Chelsea, London. c.1860. Pen and ink and wash. The figure in the barge in the foreground is said to represent Whistler.


Object details

Object type
TitleOld Battersea Bridge from the south-west. (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Brief description
Walter Greaves. Old Battersea Bridge, Chelsea, London. c.1860. Pen and ink and wash. The figure in the barge in the foreground is said to represent Whistler.
Dimensions
  • Height: 9.75in
  • Width: 15.375in
Object history
The figure sitting in the barge in the foreground of this picture is said to represent the artist James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834 –1903)
Association
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1949, London: HMSO, 1961.
Collection
Accession number
E.257-1949

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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