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

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M.1443
Lyme Regis lithographs

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1895
Collection: Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC.
Accession Number: FGA 160
Medium: pen and black ink
Support: cream laid paper with watermark "NETHERCOURT/ FINE
Size: 8 13/16" x 7 1/16" (224 x 179 mm)
Signature: butterfly on letter
Inscription: 'No. 1. "The Good Shoe". No. 2. "The Sunny Smithy." No. 3. "The Master Smith". No. 4. "Father and Son" No. 5 "The Strong Arm" No. 6. The Little Doorway" No. 7. The Smiths Yard.'

Lyme Regis lithographs

Description

Lyme Regis lithographs, Freer Gallery of Art
Lyme Regis lithographs, Freer Gallery of Art

Thumbnail sketches of seven lithographs.

Sitter

The Lyme Regis smiths, George Govier (1825-1903) and Samuel Edward Govier (1857-1934) figured in many of these lithographs.

Last updated: 6th March 2021 by Margaret