Old Battersea Bridge
1879, published 1887
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.)
Classification
lithograph
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
133380
About the Artist
James McNeill Whistler · 1834–1903
James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834-1903) was an American-born painter and printmaker who became a leading figure in the Aesthetic Movement and pioneer of Tonalism and Japonisme. He revolutionized art by championing "art for art's sake" and treating paintings as visual equivalents of musical compositions, titling works as "arrangements," "harmonies," and "nocturnes" to emphasize formal qualities o...