Bunting |  Hunterian Art Gallery (46934) | |
| Number: | 304 | |
| Date: | 1887 | |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint | |
| Size: | 178 x 127 mm | |
| Signed: | butterfly at lower left | |
| Inscribed: | no | |
| Set/Publication: | no | |
| No. of States: | 2 | |
| Known impressions: | 11 | |
| Catalogues: | K.324; M.318; W.241 | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (11) | ||
KEYWORD
bunting, figure, flags, jubilee, naval review, people, sailors, sea, ship.
TITLE
Whistler and later cataloguers agreed on the title of this etching, as in these examples:
'Bunting' (1887/1888, Whistler). 3
'Naval Review Bunting' (1890/1892, Beatrice Whistler (1857-1896)). 4
'Bunting' (1909, Howard Mansfield (1849-1938)). 5
'Bunting' (1887/1888, Whistler). 3
'Naval Review Bunting' (1890/1892, Beatrice Whistler (1857-1896)). 4
'Bunting' (1909, Howard Mansfield (1849-1938)). 5
3: List, [1887/1888], GUW#13233.
4: List, [1890/1892], GUW #12715.
5: Mansfield 1909 (cat. no. 318).
DESCRIPTION
A view from the deck towards the prow of a ship on a windy day. A sailor stands at the left, and two more sailors and two passengers, well wrapped up, are sitting down, most by the railing to right. A string of bunting runs up to right from the prow (towards the centre top edge of the plate). The second flag from the top is probably a St Andrew's Cross. On the sea to right are steam and sailing ships also dressed with bunting.
SITE
The deck of a ship off Spithead, on the south coast of England, from which Whistler watched the Jubilee Naval Review. He must have been sitting forward of the main masts, facing the prow.