Old Westminster Bridge, James Abbott McNeill Whistler, 1859

Title(s)

Old Westminster Bridge
Sixteen etchings of scenes on the Thames and other subjects (series title)

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-1940-236

Catalogue reference

• Kennedy 39

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2760
• collector's mark: Lugt 2166

Description

De rivier de Theems met de oude Westminsterbrug en links op de kade het nieuwe Houses of Parliament.

Artist

• print maker: James Abbott McNeill Whistler (mentioned on object)
• after own design by: James Abbott McNeill Whistler

Place

England

Dating

1859

Material

• paper

Technique

etching

Measurements

height 75 mm × width 203 mm

What

• bridge in city across river, canal, etc.

Where

• Westminster Bridge
• Houses of Parliament

Credit line

• Purchased with the support of the F.G. Waller-Fonds

Acquisition

purchase 1940

Copyright

Public domain

• The etched work of Whistler, Edward G. Kennedy, p. 15, cat.nr. 39