Lot 76
  • 76

JAMES ABBOTT MCNEILL WHISTLER | Old Hungerford Bridge (Kennedy, Glasgow 76)

Estimate
800 - 1,200 GBP
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Description

  • James McNeill Whistler
  • Old Hungerford Bridge (Kennedy, Glasgow 76)
  • etching, a proof impression of Kennedy's second state (of three), Glasgow's second state (of four), with the figures in the foreground just visible, on fine laid paper
  • plate: 13.5 by 20.8cm.; 5¼ by 8¼in.; sheet: 22 by 27cm.; 8⅞ by 13¾in.
  • Executed in 1861, Glasgow cites 65 impressions of this subject.

Provenance

Ex. coll. Otto Gerstenberg (Lugt 2785)

Condition

With wide margins, in good condition apart from some slight paper defects along the sheet edges and occasional minute fox marks in the margins, framed.
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