About the Artwork
The Punt
1861
James Abbott McNeill Whistler (Artist) American, 1834 - 1903 Day and Son (Publisher) English, active 1860 - 1880
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)
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Bequest of Hal H. Smith
45.411
Public Domain
Markings
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)
Provenance
1945-present, bequest to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)For more information on provenance, please visit:
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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.
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