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Cadogan Pier

Print
1871 (printed and published), ca. 1861 (etched)
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.

Object details

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
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 createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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