The Forge |  Hunterian Art Gallery (46753) | |
| Number: | 86 | |
| Date: | 1861 | |
| Medium: | drypoint | |
| Size: | 197 x 319 mm | |
| Signed: | 'Whistler.' at lower right | |
| Inscribed: | '1861' at lower right | |
| Set/Publication: | 'Thames Set', 1871 | |
| No. of States: | 6 | |
| Known impressions: | 95 | |
| Catalogues: | K.68; M.68; T.57; W.63 | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (95) | ||
CATALOGUES RAISONNÉS
- Kennedy, Edward G., The Etched Work of Whistler, New York, 1910 (cat. no. 68) 'The Forge'.
- Mansfield, Howard, A Descriptive Catalogue of the Etchings and Dry-Points of James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Chicago, 1909 (cat. no. 68) 'The Forge'.
- Thomas, Ralph, A Catalogue of the Etchings and Drypoints of James Abbott MacNeil Whistler, London, 1874 (cat. no. 63) 'The Forge'.
- Wedmore, Sir Frederick, Whistler's Etchings: a Study and a Catalogue, London, 1886 (cat. no. 63) 'The Forge'.
EXHIBITIONS 1855-1905
- 95th Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts, Royal Academy, London, 1863 (cat. no. 972) 'The Forge'.
- Cincinnati Industrial Exposition, Cincinnati, 1872 (cat. no. 202) 'Blacksmith’s Forge'.
- Mr Whistler's Exhibition, Flemish Gallery, Pall Mall, London, 1874 (cat. no. 2) 'The Forge'.
- Collection illustrative of the History and Practice of Etching. Lent and Catalogued by James Anderson Rose, Esq., of London, Liverpool, 1874 (cat. no. 521) 'The Forge'.
- [Exhibition], Craibe Angus's Gallery, Glasgow, 1879.
- Exhibition of works loaned to the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, 1879.
- Etchings and Dry Points, The Union League Club, New York, 1881 (cat. no. 89) 'The Forge. Brittany'.
- World's Columbian Exposition, Department of Fine Arts, Chicago, 1893 (cat. no. 2222) 'The Forge'.
- Exhibition of Etchings, Drypoints. and Lithographs by Whistler, H. Wunderlich and Co., New York, 1898 (cat. no. 60) 'The Forge'.
- An Exhibition of Etchings and Lithographs of James McNeill Whistler, The Caxton Club, 1900 (cat. no. 58) 'The Forge'.
- 71st Annual Exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, 1902 (cat. nos. 947 (63)).
- Exhibition of Etchings and Dry Points by Mr. Whistler, Frederick Keppel and Co., New York, 1902.
- Exhibition of Etchings by James McNeill Whistler, Obach and Co., London, 1903 (cat. no. 67) 'The Forge'.
- A Collection of Etchings and Dry Points by Whistler recently acquired, H. Wunderlich and Co., New York, 1903 (cat. no. 53).
- Etchings, Dry Points, And a few Drawings by Whistler, Frederick Keppel and Co., New York, 1904 (cat. no. 33) 'The Forge'.
- Oil Paintings, Water Colors, Pastels and Drawings: Memorial Exhibition of the Works of Mr. J. McNeill Whistler, Copley Society, Copley Hall, Boston, February 1904 (cat. no. 56) 'The Forge'.
- Etchings and Dry-Points by James McNeill Whistler, The Grolier Club, New York, 1904 (cat. no. 67) 'The Forge'.
- Memorial Exhibition of the Works of the late James McNeill Whistler, First President of The International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers, New Gallery, Regent Street, London, 1905 (cat. no. 63) 'The Forge'.
REVIEWS 1855- 1905
- [F.G. Stephens], The Athenaeum, 26 August 1871, pp. 280-81.
- Anon., 'Two sets of etchings', Pall Mall Gazette, 1 July 1872, pp. 11-12.
- Anon., 'Mr Whistler's Exhibition', The Builder, 5 July 1874.
- P. H. Rathbone, 'Etching exhibition at the Liverpool Art Club', The Academy, 14 November 1874, p. 544.
GENERAL 1906- PRESENT
- Prosaic Views, Poetic Vision, University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, 1996 (cat. no. 15).
- Drawing Near. Whistler Etchings from the Zelman Collection, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1984 (cat. no. 7).
- Lochnan, Katharine A., The Etchings of James McNeill Whistler, New Haven and London, 1984, pp. 134, 135, 165, 170, 272, 279, (no. 91).
- MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 300).
- Pennell, Elizabeth Robins, and Joseph Pennell, The Life of James McNeill Whistler, 2 vols, London and Philadelphia, 1908, I, pp. 94, 101.