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

 

M.0874
Putney Bridge

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1882
Collection: Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, KS
Accession Number: F63-46
Medium: watercolour
Support: white wove paper
Size: 6 15/16 x 9 15/16" (176 x 252 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: v.: "Ernest Brown of London says of this watercolor 'As fine as it could possibly be, done in Whistler's very best period, 1884.' ", possibly written by H. H. Benedict, and in unknown hands, ' J2913' and 'TEE/-/- 1 Noxneo'

Putney Bridge

Putney Bridge dates from about 1882.

Putney Bridge, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Putney Bridge, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art

Fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 874).

Last updated: 2nd June 2021 by Margaret