Detail from The Canal, Amsterdam, 1889, James McNeill Whistler, The Hunterian, University of Glasgow

 

M.0481
A span of old Battersea Bridge

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1872/1873
Collection: Cecil Higgins Museum and Art Gallery, Bedford
Accession Number: n/a
Medium: chalk
Support: brown paper
Size: 7 1/4-7 3/4 x 11 1/8-11 3/16" (177-182 x 282-284 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: none

A span of old Battersea Bridge

A span of old Battersea Bridge dates from 1872/1873. It shows the Albert Bride under construction (it was opened in 1873).

A span of old Battersea Bridge, Cecil Higgins Museum and Art Gallery
A span of old Battersea Bridge, Cecil Higgins Museum and Art Gallery

The drawing is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 481).

Last updated: 23rd February 2021 by Margaret