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Old Battersea Bridge

A work made of lithograph, in black ink, with scraping, on cream chine, laid down on off-white plate paper.
CC0 Public Domain Designation

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  • A work made of lithograph, in black ink, with scraping, on cream chine, laid down on off-white plate paper.

Date:

1879, published 1887

Artist:

James McNeill Whistler
American, 1834-1903

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

James McNeill Whistler

Title

Old Battersea Bridge

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 1879

Medium

Lithograph, in black ink, with scraping, on cream chine, laid down on off-white plate paper

Dimensions

Image: 14.4 × 34.1 cm (5 11/16 × 13 7/16 in.); Primary support: 20.8 × 34.4 cm (8 1/4 × 13 9/16 in.); Secondary support: 38 × 50.3 cm (15 × 19 13/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of the Crown Family in honor of James N. Wood

Reference Number

2004.543

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