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Chelsea Bridge and Church

Print
1871 (printed and published), ca. 1865 (etched)
Artist/Maker
Whistler (artist)
Place of origin
London (printed and published)

Etching by James Whistler, ‘Chelsea Bridge and Church’, from the Thames Set. Etched ca. 1865, 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. Not signed or dated. View of the river. The church with its square tower is in the distance at left, the bridge faintly seen at right. In the foreground, three boats at left.

Object details

Category
Prints
Object type
Print
Titles
  • Chelsea Bridge and Church (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 (Printing Process)
Brief description
Etching by James Whistler, 'Chelsea Bridge and Church', from the Thames Set. Etched ca. 1865, published in 'Sixteen Etchings of Scenes on the Thames, and Other Subjects', London, 1871.
Physical description
Etching by James Whistler, ‘Chelsea Bridge and Church’, from the Thames Set. Etched ca. 1865, 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. Not signed or dated. View of the river. The church with its square tower is in the distance at left, the bridge faintly seen at right. In the foreground, three boats at left.
Dimensions
  • Plate height: 10.1cm
  • Plate width: 16.8cm
  • Paper height: 12.7cm
  • Paper width: 19.5cm
Style
Realism
Object history
1871 edition. W.85; K.95, 3rd state.
Subjects depicted
Bridges (Built Works)
Churches
Rivers
Boats
Places depicted
London
River Thames
Associated objects
Bibliographic references
  • Wedmore, Frederick. Whistler's Etchings, A Study and a Catalogue. London: Colnaghi & Co, 1899. No.85.
  • Kennedy, Edward G. The Etched Work of Whistler. San Francisco: Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1978. No.95, 3rd state.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
24767:16

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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