The Punt, 1861

  • Day and Son, English, active 1860 - 1880
  • James Abbott McNeill Whistler, American, 1834 - 1903

Etching and drypoint printed in black ink on wove paper

  • Plate: 4 3/4 × 6 1/2 inches (12.1 × 16.5 cm) Sheet: 6 3/8 × 9 1/4 inches (16.2 × 23.5 cm)

Bequest of Hal H. Smith

45.411

Signed and dated in plate, lower left corner: Whistler 1861

Inscribed in plate, upper right: PL. 7. Inscribew in plate, lower center: London Published December 1st. 1861, by Day & Son, Lith. to the Queen. Inscribed In pencil, bottom left edge: 64 x 46 C6 Inscribed in pencil, lower rigth edge: C 4146 (dealer stock nunmber)

1945-present, bequest to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

James Abbott McNeill Whistler, The Punt, 1861, etching and drypoint printed in black ink on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Bequest of Hal H. Smith, 45.411.