Little Nocturne, Amsterdam |  Hunterian Art Gallery (49903) | |
| Number: | 456 | |
| Date: | 1889 | |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint | |
| Size: | 135 x 99 mm | |
| Signed: | no | |
| Inscribed: | no | |
| Set/Publication: | no | |
| No. of States: | 1 | |
| Known impressions: | 4 | |
| Catalogues: | K.414; M.413 | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (4) | ||
KEYWORD
bridge, building, canal, night, people, nocturne.
TITLE
Variations on the title are as follows:
Possibly 'The Little Amsterdam' (1890, Whistler). 1
'Little Amsterdam' and 'Little Nocturne Amsterdam' (1890/1891, Whistler). 2
'Little Amsterdam' (1891, Whistler). 3
'Little Nocturne. Amsterdam' (1903/1935, possibly Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958)). 4
'Little nocturne' (1890/1892, Beatrice Whistler (1857-1896)). 5
'Nocturne (Little)' (1893, Ernest George Brown (1853/1854-1915)). 6
'Little Nocturne, Amsterdam' (1902, Edward Guthrie Kennedy (1849-1932)). 7
'Little Nocturne, Amsterdam' is the preferred title, avoiding confusion with other 'Little' Dutch subjects such as Little Drawbridge, Amsterdam [448] as well as with the large etching, The Dance House: Nocturne [455].
Possibly 'The Little Amsterdam' (1890, Whistler). 1
'Little Amsterdam' and 'Little Nocturne Amsterdam' (1890/1891, Whistler). 2
'Little Amsterdam' (1891, Whistler). 3
'Little Nocturne. Amsterdam' (1903/1935, possibly Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958)). 4
'Little nocturne' (1890/1892, Beatrice Whistler (1857-1896)). 5
'Nocturne (Little)' (1893, Ernest George Brown (1853/1854-1915)). 6
'Little Nocturne, Amsterdam' (1902, Edward Guthrie Kennedy (1849-1932)). 7
'Little Nocturne, Amsterdam' is the preferred title, avoiding confusion with other 'Little' Dutch subjects such as Little Drawbridge, Amsterdam [448] as well as with the large etching, The Dance House: Nocturne [455].
1: Whistler to South Kensington Museum, 2 July 1890, GUW #13044.
2: List, [1890/1891], GUW #13236.
3: Whistler to S. Mallarmé, 21 February 1891, GUW #13007.
4: Envelope containing copper plate, University of Glasgow.
5: Crossed out in list, [1890/1892], GUW #12715.
6: Brown to Whistler, 18 April 1893, GUW #01259).
7: Kennedy 1902 (cat. no. 359).
DESCRIPTION
A view up a canal, which takes up the lower two-thirds of the plate. The scene is veiled in mist and shadows. Above the canal, a group of men and women are standing towards the left and a man walking to right on a narrow bridge. Behind them at left is a row of houses, at least three stories high, receding to right, with the gable end of a roof just visible at upper right. Just at the end of the bridge, or just behind it, is what appears to be a very small house with lit windows and a sloping roof. The scene is reflected in the canal.
SITE
Probably Amsterdam, capital of the Netherlands. 8
8: Heijbroek 1997.
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