Skip to main content

Visit Main Menu Block

  • Hours & Admission
  • Accessibility & Amenities
  • Tours & Group Visits
  • Visitor Guidelines

Exhibitions and Events Main Menu Block

  • Exhibitions
  • Events

Art and Design Main Menu Block

  • Collection
  • Collection Research
  • Past Exhibitions
  • Watch / Listen / Read

Footer Main

  • Become a Member
  • Who We Are
  • Opportunities
  • Rent the Museum

James Abbott McNeill Whistler

Little Putney, No. 1

Maker

James Abbott McNeill Whistler (American, 1834-1903)

Title

Little Putney, No. 1

Year

1879

Medium

  • Etching and drypoint on light weight cream tissue mounted on medium weight cream laid paper

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • Etching and drypoint on light weight cream tissue mounted on medium weight cream laid paper

Materials

etching, drypoint

Supports

  • Light weight cream Oriental tissue mounted on medium weight cream laid paper (chine collĂ©)

Dimensions

Plate/Image: 13.2 x 20.8 cm (5 3/16 x 8 3/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Recto:signed in pencil with butterfly monogram under platemark on left; in LL of sheet:PutneyIn Plate--In LR:butterfly monogram

Marks: Blindstamp:PRINTSELLERS/ASSOCIATIONaround initials BO within an oval Stamped in brown ink on verso:R.I.S.D./MUSEUM/OF ARTsurrounded byPROVIDENCE/RHODE ISLANDall inscribed in circle. Watermark:crown over shield with a lion on either side over initials AJ(or T?)

Identification

State

4th of 5

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Gustav Radeke

Object Number

20.679

Type

  • Prints

Image use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use.

Public Domain This object is in the Public Domain and available under a CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication

Tombstone

James Abbott McNeill Whistler (American, 1834-1903)
Little Putney, No. 1, 1879
Etching and drypoint on light weight cream tissue mounted on medium weight cream laid paper
Plate/Image: 13.2 x 20.8 cm (5 3/16 x 8 3/16 inches)
Gift of Mrs. Gustav Radeke 20.679

To request new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

Feedback

We view our online collection as a living documents, and our records are frequently revised and enhanced. If you have additional information or have spotted an error, please send feedback to curatorial@risd.edu.

Footer Main

  • Become a Member
  • Who We Are
  • Opportunities
  • Rent the Museum

Footer Main Navigation

  • Visit

    • Hours & Admission
    • Accessibility & Amenities
    • Tours & Group Visits
    • Visitor Guidelines
  • Art & Design

    • Collection Research
    • Collection
    • Past Exhibitions
  • Join / Give

    • Become a Member
    • Give
  • Exhibitions & Events

    • Exhibitions
    • Events
  • Watch / Listen / Read

    • The Latest
    • Publications
    • Articles
    • Audio & Video

Footer Secondary Navigation

  • Who We Are
  • Opportunities
  • Image Request
  • Press Office
  • Rent the Museum
  • Terms of Use
Tickets
Homepage
Go to the risd.edu homepage. This link will open in a new window.