Evening--Little Waterloo Bridge / James McNeill Whistler
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.458
- Title
- Evening--Little Waterloo Bridge
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler
- Artist Nationality
- American
- Artist Life Dates
- 1834-1903
- Medium and Support
- transfer lithograph with stumping on laid paper
- Object Creation Date
- 1896
- Object Creation Place
- North and Central America (continent)
- United States (nation)
- Creation Place 1
- North and Central America (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- United States (nation)
- Credit Line
- Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker
- Inscription
- On the stone, center right: Butterfly monogram Collector's mark: T.R.W (in rectangle) Thomas Robert Way. Lugt 2456 Watermark: (partial) Van Gelder Zonen
- Dimensions
- 23.2 cm x 28 cm (9 1/8 in. x 11 in.)
- Century
- 19th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Physical Description
- Viewed from an elevated vantage point, a curved roadway at the lower left meets a bridge that crosses a river; in hte far distance are indications of buildings along the far bank. On both the roadway and bridge can be seen horse-drawn carriages and conveyances.
- Subject Matter
- Drawn from the windows of the newly opened Savoy Hotel in London, this view shows the Waterloo Bridge and the Victoria Embankment along the Thames. Whistler and his wife lived in rooms on the top floor of the Savoy during Beatrix's final months before her death.
- Secondary Keywords
- architecture
- buildings and the land
- descriptors
- inorganic material
- materials
- materials by composition
- single built works
- single built works by function
- single built works by specific type
- the natural world
- transportation structures
- transportation structures by form
- waterscapes
- Rights
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 1189 x 961
- File Size
- 80 KB
- Record
- 1954/1.458
- Link to this Item
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"Evening--Little Waterloo Bridge; James McNeill Whistler." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1954-sl-1.458/1954_1.458.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 24, 2024.
