Charing Cross Railway Bridge / James McNeill Whistler
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.459
- Title
- Charing Cross Railway Bridge
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler
- Artist Nationality
- American
- Artist Life Dates
- 1834-1903
- Medium and Support
- transfer lithograph with stumping, scraping, and incising on laid paper
- Object Creation Date
- 1896
- Credit Line
- Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker
- Inscription
- On the stone, in the water: Butterfly monogram Collector's mark, on verso: T.R.W. (in box) Thomas Robert Way. Lugt 2456 Watermark: (partial) Van Gelder Zonen.
- Dimensions
- 23 cm x 28.3 cm (9 1/16 in. x 11 1/8 in.)
- Century
- 19th century
- Physical Description
- A curving boulevard with carriages is seen at the bottom of the image. Along side is a river with barges and other shipping. Beyond a railroad trestle crosses the river; trains and steam/smoke are visible. On the opposite bank are many buildings.
- Subject Matter
- Like "Little London" and other lithographs of this period, this work was drawn from the balcony of the Whistlers' suite of rooms at the Savoy Hotel. Here the curve of the Embankment in the foreground leads to the Charing Cross Bridge over which trains billowing smoke are crossing. Claude Monet, at Whistler's recommendation, also depicted views of the sweep of the Thames from the Savoy.
- Secondary Keywords
- architecture
- child
- objects we use
- people and occupations
- the natural world
- transportation vehicles
- vehicles
- watercraft
- watercraft by general type
- waterscapes
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- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 1235 x 973
- File Size
- 84 KB
- Record
- 1954/1.459
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"Charing Cross Railway Bridge; James McNeill Whistler." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1954-sl-1.459/1954_1.459.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 27, 2024.
