Savoy Pigeons / James McNeill Whistler
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.457
- Title
- Savoy Pigeons
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler
- Artist Nationality
- American
- Artist Life Dates
- 1834-1903
- Medium and Support
- transfer lithograph 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, l.r.: Butterfly monogram Collector's mark: Rosalind Birnie Philip. Lugt 405 Watermark: [characters, running through center of sheet]
- Dimensions
- 37.4 cm x 23.2 cm (14 3/4 in. x 9 1/8 in.)
- Century
- 19th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Primary Object Type
- transfer lithograph
- Physical Description
- A vignetted view looking down a river with a roadway on one side, bridges crossing, and distant buildings with towers. In the foreground is the cropped inclusion of a balcony railing; two birds are perched on the railing.
- Subject Matter
- This is one of six views of London that Whistler drew from the rooms he rented on the top floor of the recently opened Savoy Hotel. This view includes Charing Cross railroad bridge, Westminster Bridge and Westminster Palace in the distance.
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 933 x 1437
- File Size
- 112 KB
- Record
- 1954/1.457
- Link to this Item
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"Savoy Pigeons; James McNeill Whistler." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1954-sl-1.457/1954_1.457.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 08, 2024.
