The Tall Bridge / James McNeill Whistler
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.418
- Title
- The Tall Bridge
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler
- Artist Nationality
- American
- Artist Life Dates
- 1834-1903
- Medium and Support
- lithotint with scraping, printed in black ink on white wove paper
- Object Creation Date
- 1878
- 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, r. center, between piers: Butterfly monogram Letterpress, on the sheet, l.r.: Imp. T. Way Lond.
- Dimensions
- 35.5 cm x 25.8 cm (14 in. x 10 3/16 in.)
- Century
- 19th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Primary Object Type
- transfer lithograph
- Physical Description
- Two piers of a bridge soar in the upper half of the image, including the span with pedestrians and the railing at the top of the work. In the foreground, the water and reflections at the foot of the bridge dominate. Between the piers smoke stacks can be seen in the distance.
- Subject Matter
- Although "The Tall Bridge" was drawn for the publication "Piccadilly", the periodical went bankrupt and the copies that had been printed on plate paper and intended for circulation were all tossed out. Only a handful of the copies printed for "Piccadilly" were saved, of which this is one.
- Whistler's low vantage point gives the twin piers of the old Battersea Bridge an heroic stature. As with "The Broad Bridge", distant views of the city are visible between the piers; the pedestrian walkway is more completely shown.
- Secondary Keywords
- architecture
- buildings and the land
- descriptors
- figures
- inorganic material
- materials
- materials by composition
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- physical activities
- physical activities by general context
- 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
- 797 x 1113
- File Size
- 120 KB
- Record
- 1954/1.418
- Link to this Item
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"The Tall Bridge; James McNeill Whistler." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1954-sl-1.418/1954_1.418.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024.
