Accession Number
1954/1.458

Title
Evening--Little Waterloo Bridge

Artist(s)
James Abbott McNeill Whistler

Artist Nationality
American (North American)

Object Creation Date
1896

Medium & Support
transfer lithograph with stumping on laid paper

Dimensions
9 3/16 x 11 1/16 in. (23.2 x 28 cm);9 1/8 x 11 1/16 in. (23.17 x 28 cm)

Credit Line
Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker

Subject matter
Drawn from the windows of the newly opened Savoy Hotel in London, this view shows the Waterloo Bridge and the Victoria Embankment along the Thames. Whistler and his wife lived in rooms on the top floor of the Savoy during Beatrix's final months before her death.

Physical Description
Viewed from an elevated vantage point, a curved roadway at the lower left meets a bridge that crosses a river; in hte far distance are indications of buildings along the far bank. On both the roadway and bridge can be seen horse-drawn carriages and conveyances.

Primary Object Classification
Print

Collection Area
Western

Rights
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Keywords
bridges
bridges (built works)
water
water (inorganic material)