Inscription
"J.W." upper left composition, in plate, artist's hand. Not dated. "signed in left of upper coast view "J.W."" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "The work in the lower part of the plate indicates deep or shoal water." lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "Whistler's Coast Survey/ Given me by Keppel" verso, lower left sheet, graphite, unknown hand.
Marks and Labels
"LRJ" verso, black stamped ink, stamped twice. "National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink.
Provenance
Frederick Keppel [1845-1912], New York; given to Lessing Julius Rosenwald [1891-1971], Philadelphia; gift to the National Gallery of Art, 1943.
Exhibition History
- 1931
- Etchings, Lithographs, Original Drawings, and Autograph Letters by James A. McNeill Whistler, The Free Library of Philadelphia, 1931.
Bibliography
- 1910
- Kennedy, Edward G. The Etched Work of Whistler. New York: Grolier Club, 1910, no. 1.
- 2012
- MacDonald, Margaret F., Grischka Petri, Joanna Meacock.James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonné. University of Glasgow on-line website at http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. University of Glasgow, 2012, cat. no. 1, state i/i.
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