The Thames

1896

James Abbott McNeill Whistler American, 1834 - 1903

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About the Artwork

Title The Thames

Artwork Date 1896

Artist James Abbott McNeill Whistler

Life Dates 1834 - 1903

Nationality Please note: Definitions for nationality may vary significantly, depending on chronology and world events. Some definitions include: Belonging to a people having a common origin based on a geography and/or descent and/or tradition and/or culture and/or religion and/or language, or sharing membership in a legally defined nation. American

Culture Please note: Cultures may be defined by the language, customs, religious beliefs, social norms, and material traits of a group. ----------

Medium Lithotint with scraping on paper

Dimensions Plate: 10 9/16 × 7 3/4 inches (26.9 × 19.7 cm) Sheet: 11 3/16 × 8 1/8 inches (28.4 × 20.6 cm)

Classification Prints

Department Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Credit Museum Purchase,funds from Beatrice W. Rogers Fund and Charles L. Freer Fund

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 2020.7

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Signed Signed, in graphite, center left, below the image: [Whistler's butterfly monogram]; Titled and signed, in graphite, verso, lower right:Inscribed: The River -- from the Savoy |[Whistler's butterfly monogram]

Inscriptions Inscribed, in graphite, verso, bottom edge: [3 or 6] 7 [illegible] 2 Inscribed, in graphite, verso, lower left corner: 26568

Marks Stamped, in black ink, verso: J. H. W. [in rectangular box] (John H. Wrenn (Lugt 1475))

Provenance

John Henry Wrenn [1841-1911] (Chicago, Illinois, USA);
October 26, 2019, sold by (Sothby's, New York, New York, USA), lot 74;
(Susan Schulman Fine Art, Inc., New York, New York, USA);
2020-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Credit Line for Reproduction

James Abbott McNeill Whistler, The Thames, 1896, lithotint with scraping on paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Museum Purchase,funds from Beatrice W. Rogers Fund and Charles L. Freer Fund, 2020.7.

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