Vauxhall Bridge
Print
1861 (etched)
1861 (etched)
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Etching by James McNeill Whistler, ‘Vauxhall Bridge’, 1861. View of the bridge, its spans reaching horizontally across the image. In the foreground, a barge loaded with cargo beyond a line of boats. The steep angle of the barge’s mast, sails and rigging intersects diagonally with a rope stretching from a pier or stanchion at the upper left to lower right.
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Title | Vauxhall Bridge (generic title) |
Materials and techniques | Etching on paper |
Brief description | Etching by James McNeill Whistler, 'Vauxhall Bridge', 1861. |
Physical description | Etching by James McNeill Whistler, ‘Vauxhall Bridge’, 1861. View of the bridge, its spans reaching horizontally across the image. In the foreground, a barge loaded with cargo beyond a line of boats. The steep angle of the barge’s mast, sails and rigging intersects diagonally with a rope stretching from a pier or stanchion at the upper left to lower right. |
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Marks and inscriptions | 'Whistler. 1861.' (Signed and dated by the artist in plate bottom right.) |
Object history | W.66; K.70, 2nd state. |
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Accession number | E.22-1905 |
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Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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