Cadogan Pier

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Artist/Maker	Whistler (artist)
Place of origin	London (printed and published)

Etching by James Whistler, ‘Early Morning, Battersea’ or ‘Cadogan Pier’, from the Thames Set. Etched ca. 1861, printed and issued in 1871 as one of the ‘Sixteen Etchings of Scenes on the Thames, and Other Subjects,’ by Ellis and Green, 32 King Street, Covent Garden, in editions of one hundred. Signed by the artist in plate. Atmospheric view of the river with Cadogan Pier beyond a beached boat in the foreground and Battersea Bridge in the distance.

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Category	Prints
Object type	Print
Titles	Cadogan Pier (generic title) Early Morning (Battersea) (generic title) The Thames Set (series title) A Series of Sixteen Etchings of Scenes on the Thames and other subjects (series title)
Materials and techniques	Etching on paper Paper Printing Ink Etching
Brief description	Etching by James Whistler, 'Early Morning, Battersea' or 'Cadogan Pier', from the Thames Set. Etched ca. 1861, published in 'Sixteen Etchings of Scenes on the Thames, and Other Subjects', London, 1871.
Physical description	Etching by James Whistler, ‘Early Morning, Battersea’ or ‘Cadogan Pier’, from the Thames Set. Etched ca. 1861, printed and issued in 1871 as one of the ‘Sixteen Etchings of Scenes on the Thames, and Other Subjects,’ by Ellis and Green, 32 King Street, Covent Garden, in editions of one hundred. Signed by the artist in plate. Atmospheric view of the river with Cadogan Pier beyond a beached boat in the foreground and Battersea Bridge in the distance.
Dimensions	Plate height: 11.4cm Plate width: 15.2cm Paper height: 13.9cm Paper width: 17.5cm
Style	Realism
Marks and inscriptions	'Whistler.' (Signed by the artist in plate bottom left.)
Object history	1871 edition. W.79; K.75.
Subjects depicted	Piers Bridges Rivers Boats
Places depicted	River Thames London
Associated objects	19787 19788 19789 19790 19791 19792 19793 19794 19801 24767 24767:1 24767:2 24767:3 24767:4 24767:5 24767:6 24767:7 24767:8 24767:9 24767:10 24767:11 24767:13 24767:14 24767:16 CAI.137 CIRC.13-1912 CIRC.15-1912 CIRC.179-1965 E.796-1936 E.3041-1931 CAI.138 CAI.139 CAI.140 CAI.141 CAI.142 CAI.143 CAI.144 CAI.145 CAI.146 CAI.147 CAI.148 CAI.149 CAI.150 CAI.151 CAI.152
Bibliographic references	Wedmore, Frederick. Whistler's Etchings, A Study and a Catalogue. London: Colnaghi & Co, 1899. No.79. Kennedy, Edward G. The Etched Work of Whistler. San Francisco: Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1978. No. 75.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	24767:15

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O636208/cadogan-pier-print-whistler/

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