Barges, Dordrecht | ||
Number: | 262 | |
Date: | 1886 | |
Medium: | etching | |
Size: | 66 x 99 mm | |
Signed: | butterfly at lower right | |
Inscribed: | no | |
Set/Publication: | no | |
No. of States: | 1 | |
Known impressions: | 10 | |
Catalogues: | K.244; M.241 | |
Impressions taken from this plate (10) |
KEYWORD
boat, dome, port, river, riverscape, sailing boat, tree, windmill.
TITLE
Variations on the title are as follows:
'Barges Dordrecht' (1886, Whistler). 2
'Boats on the Maas' (1909, Howard Mansfield (1849-1938)). 3
'Boats, Dordrecht' (1910, Edward Guthrie Kennedy (1849-1932)). 4
'Barges, Dordrecht' is Whistler's original and definitive title.
'Barges Dordrecht' (1886, Whistler). 2
'Boats on the Maas' (1909, Howard Mansfield (1849-1938)). 3
'Boats, Dordrecht' (1910, Edward Guthrie Kennedy (1849-1932)). 4
'Barges, Dordrecht' is Whistler's original and definitive title.
2: Whistler to T. McLean, [1 November 1886], GUW #13010.
3: Mansfield 1909 (cat. no. 241).
4: Kennedy 1910 (cat. no. 244).
DESCRIPTION
A view across a broad river, busy with small boats with sails spread or partly furled, casting reflections on the water. In the distance are two windmills and a line of trees, with a dome rising above one of the buildings to right.
SITE
A view from Papendrecht, looking across the Meerwede, with the Groothoofdspoort and the Hotel Bellevue, Dordrecht, in the distance. 5 Dordrecht, a busy port and ferry terminal on the Dutch coast, was frequently visited by Whistler. Etchings of Dordrecht include Dordrecht [259] and Little Dordrecht [260]. He also painted several watercolours there between about 1882 and 1902, including Dordrecht [m0876],
r.: Gold and Brown: Dordrecht; v.: Dordrecht [m0968],
A Little Red Note: Dordrecht [m0969],
Note in Rose and Silver - Dordrecht [m0970],
Gold and grey - The Sunny Shower, Dordrecht [m0973] and
Grey and Green - Dordrecht [m0976], and two oil paintings,
Note en gris: Dordrecht [y293],
Bleu et argent: Dordrecht [y294].
5: Heijbroek 1997, pp. 55, 58-59, fig. 62.