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Chelsea: old Battersea Bridge and Chelsea Old Church, with Albert Bridge beyond (seen in reverse)

Print
ca.1879 (made)
Artist/Maker
Whistler (artist)
Place of origin
London (made)

Etching by James McNeill Whistler, Chelsea: old Battersea Bridge and Chelsea Old Church, with Albert Bridge beyond (seen in reverse); ca.1879. View of old Battersea Bridge and Chelsea Old Church on the River Thames (seen in reverse).


Object details

Category
Prints
Object type
Print
Titles
  • Chelsea: old Battersea Bridge and Chelsea Old Church, with Albert Bridge beyond (seen in reverse) (generic title)
  • Fulham (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Etching on paper
Paper
Printing Ink
Etching (Printing Process)
Brief description
Etching by James McNeill Whistler, Chelsea: old Battersea Bridge and Chelsea Old Church, with Albert Bridge beyond (seen in reverse); ca.1879.
Physical description
Etching by James McNeill Whistler, Chelsea: old Battersea Bridge and Chelsea Old Church, with Albert Bridge beyond (seen in reverse); ca.1879. View of old Battersea Bridge and Chelsea Old Church on the River Thames (seen in reverse).
Dimensions
  • Height: 13cm
  • Width: 20.9cm
Object history
W.148; K.182, 2nd state. Wrongly described as 'Fulham'.
Subjects depicted
Bridges
Churches
Rivers
Places depicted
London
River Thames
Associated object
E.971-1954
Bibliographic references
  • Wedmore, Frederick. Whistler's Etchings, A Study and a Catalogue. London: Colnaghi & Co, 1899. No.148.
  • Kennedy, Edward G. The Etched Work of Whistler. San Francisco: Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1978. No.182, 2nd state.
  • p.104 Margaret F. MacDonald and Patricia de Montfort, An American in London. Whistler and the Thames London: Dulwich Picture Gallery, 2013. ISBN: 9781781300220.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.3014-1901

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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