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

 

M.1679
r.: The Forge; v.: Smiths, Ajaccio

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1901
Collection: Library of Congress, Washington, DC
Accession Number: 2003652656
Medium: pencil
Support: cream wove paper, partial watermark of a crown
Size: 150 x 96 mm (5 7/8 x 3 3/4")
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: none

r.: The Forge; v.: Smiths, Ajaccio

Composition

The Forge, Library of Congress
The Forge, Library of Congress
Smiths, Library of Congress
Smiths, Library of Congress
Flaming Forge, The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
Flaming Forge, The Hunterian, University of Glasgow

These studies and The Flaming Forge, Ajaccio [M.1678] relate to the etching Flaming Forge (G.490). 1

Notes:

1: Margaret F. MacDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock, James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonné, University of Glasgow, 2012 website.

Last updated: 5th March 2021 by Margaret