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James Abbott McNeill Whistler

The Thames,

Description

Maker

  • A. Smith
  • James Abbott McNeill Whistler

Title

The Thames

Medium

lithotint

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • Lithotint on paper

Techniques

  • Lithotint on paper

Supports

  • Medium weight cream laid paper

Dimensions

Image/plate: 26.7 x 19.4 cm (10 1/2 x 7 5/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Original--Recto:in pencil in LL:W.125; titled in center of bottom edge:Thames; in LR corner:Stock 823Verso:in brown ink in center of left edge:(illegible) mori Lucas XXII, 22. ; in pencil in LL corner, inverted:E3525In Plate--In LR above tree:butterfly monogram

Marks: Stamped in brown ink on verso:BPwithin a circle = Birnie Philip collector mark (Lugt 405) Watermark:letters which canot be made out clearly

Identification

State

iii

Type

  • Prints

Credit

Anonymous gift

Object Number

1992.001.139

About

The Thames

Original--Recto:in pencil in LL:W.125; titled in center of bottom edge:Thames; in LR corner:Stock 823Verso:in brown ink in center of left edge:(illegible) mori Lucas XXII, 22. ; in pencil in LL corner, inverted:E3525In Plate--In LR above tree:butterfly monogram

Marks: Stamped in brown ink on verso:BPwithin a circle = Birnie Philip collector mark (Lugt 405) Watermark:letters which canot be made out clearly

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Exhibition History

Exhibition History

American Prints and Drawings from a Private Collection

January 17 - March 29, 1992

Use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in Copyright. This object is The Thames with the accession number of 1992.001.139. To request new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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