The Band, Luxembourg Gardens |  Whistler Etchings Project (-) | |
| Number: | 466 | |
| Date: | 1893/1894 | |
| Medium: | etching | |
| Size: | 181 x 152 mm | |
| Signed: | no | |
| Inscribed: | no | |
| Set/Publication: | no | |
| No. of States: | 1 | |
| Known impressions: | 1 | |
| Catalogues: | K.-; M.-; T.-; W.- | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (1) | ||
The Band, Luxembourg Gardens probably dates from between 1892 and 1894.
It was drawn in Paris, where Whistler acquired a house at 110 rue du Bac in the spring of 1892. He was frequently in Paris from 1892-1894. It is most likely that this etching dates from the summer, when the trees would have been in leaf.
He etched a series of views in the gardens including
Under the Statue, Luxembourg Gardens [464],
Little Terrace, Luxembourg Gardens [443],
The Little Terrace, Luxembourg Gardens, No. 2 [444], Balustrade, Luxembourg Gardens [465],
Bébés, Jardin du Luxembourg [463],
The Pantheon from the Terrace, Luxembourg Gardens [473] and Polichinelle, Jardin du Luxembourg [467].
By November 1893, he had drawn three lithographs of similar subjects including Conversation under the Statue, Luxembourg Gardens [c069]; in February 1894 he drew Nursemaids: 'Les Bonnes du Luxembourg' [c081] and in July 1894 he drew another lithograph - a 'new and pet drawing of Terrace Luxembourg Gardens' (The Terrace, Luxembourg [c087]). 1
1: Whistler to T. R. Way, [19 July 1894], GUW #03376.