The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.0481
A span of old Battersea Bridge
Date
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
The drawing is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 481).
Images
A span of old Battersea Bridge, Cecil Higgins Museum and Art Gallery
Blue and Silver: Screen, with Old Battersea Bridge, The Hunterian
Subject
Site
A span of old Battersea Bridge, Cecil Higgins Museum and Art Gallery
The new Albert Bridge and Old Battersea Bridge over the Thames in Chelsea, London.
Technique
Composition
A span of old Battersea Bridge, Cecil Higgins Museum and Art Gallery
Blue and Silver: Screen, with Old Battersea Bridge, The Hunterian
This is a study for Blue and Silver: Screen, with Old Battersea Bridge y139.
History
Provenance
- 1903: in Whistler's studio at his death and bequeathed to his sister-in-law, Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958);
- 1957: sold to Colnaghi's, London art dealers;
- 1958: bought by the Cecil Higgins Art Gallery on 15 January 1958.
It is not known if Whistler managed to keep this at the time of his bankruptcy, or if he or Miss Birnie Philip were able to retrieve it later.
Exhibitions
No exhibition in Whistler's lifetime is recorded.
Bibliography
Catalogues Raisonnés
- MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 481) as 'A span of old Battersea Bridge'.
Catalogues 1906-Present
- MacDonald, Margaret, and Patricia de Montfort, An American in London: Whistler and the Thames, Dulwich Picture Gallery, Addison Gallery of American Art, Freer Gallery of Art, 2013-2014 (cat. no. 70).