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James McNeill Whistler 1834-1903
Battersea Dawn (Cadogan Pier), 1863signed with the butterfly in pencil to margin; signed in plate; printed in black ink on laid paperetching and drypointan impression in the second (final) state4 ½ x 6 inches (11.5 x 15.3 cm)This print depicts Cadogan Pier on the north bank of the Thames near the artist’s home in Lindsey Row. It marks a significant departure from the gritty, detailed dock scenes...This print depicts Cadogan Pier on the north bank of the Thames near the artist’s home in Lindsey Row. It marks a significant departure from the gritty, detailed dock scenes of Wapping, shifting toward a tonalist approach where the boats and ferry terminal are seen as through a veil. The atmosphere of the river becomes the true subject of the work, reflecting Whistler's growing interest in the quiet, hazy light of dawn. The site was the nearest ferry stop for the ‘penny boat’ that Whistler used regularly to travel the river.Literature
R. Thomas, A Catalogue of the Etchings and Drypoints of James Abbott MacNeil Whistler (London 1874), no. 64;F. Wedmore, Whistler's Etchings: a Study and a Catalogue (London 1886), no. 79;
H. Mansfield, A Descriptive Catalogue of the Etchings and Dry-Points of James Abbott McNeill Whistler (Chicago 1909), no. 75;
E.G. Kennedy, The Etched Work of Whistler (New York 1910), no. 75;
M.F. MacDonald, G. Petri, M. Hausberg, and J. Meacock, James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonné, (Glasgow 2011), on-line website at http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk, no. 95
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