James McNeill Whistler
Old Hungerford Bridge
1861
Physical Qualities
Etching, Plate: 137 × 213 mm. (5 3/8 × 8 3/8 in.)
Portfolio/Series
From the series "A Series of Sixteen Etchings of Scenes on the Thames (the Thames Set)"
Credit Line
The George A. Lucas Collection, purchased with funds from the State of Maryland, Laurence and Stella Bendann Fund, and contributions from individuals, foundations, and corporations throughout the Baltimore community
Object Number
1996.48.11671
When Whistler etched it, this suspension bridge was slated for demolition to make way for the new railway bridge leading to Charing Cross Station. The old Hungerford Bridge led to Hungerford Market, which was also razed to build Charing Cross Station.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1996; The Maryland Institute College of Art,
through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris
through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris
"Claude Monet and Modernist London: Reflections on the Thames", Museum of Fine Arts of St. Petersburg, Florida, January 16, 2005 through April 17, 2005; tour to Brooklyn Museum of Art, June 29, 2005 - September 4, 2005; The Baltimore Museum of Art, October 2, 2005 - January 31, 2006.
Inscribed: Signed in plate: lower right "Whistler" Inscribed in pencil: in Lucas' hand, bottom right "W80 Old Hungerford Bridge [partially effaced]"; verso "W80 Old Hungerford Bridge"
Markings: Collector's stamp: verso "M.I. / LUCAS / COLLECTION" (Lugt 1695c) Watermark: "[beehive]"
