Detail from The Canal, Amsterdam, 1889, James McNeill Whistler, The Hunterian, University of Glasgow

Home > Catalogue > Browse > London Bridge <<   >>

M.0861
London Bridge

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1881
Collection: Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession Number: F1905.115a-b
Medium: pencil and watercolour
Support: cream paper laid down on card
Size: 6 7/8 x 10 15/16" (174 x 278 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: none
print

London Bridge

Provenance

  • After 1881: acquired by Thomas Robert Way (1861-1913), London;
  • 1905: bought in July by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit;
  • 1919: bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art.

For details in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 861).

Exhibitions

It was not exhibited in Whistler's lifetime.

Last updated: 6th December 2020 by Margaret