Dordrecht |  National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC (1943.3.8567) | |
| Number: | 259 | |
| Date: | 1886 | |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint | |
| Size: | 153 x 230 mm | |
| Signed: | butterfly at lower left | |
| Inscribed: | no | |
| Set/Publication: | no | |
| No. of States: | 2 | |
| Known impressions: | 13 | |
| Catalogues: | K.242; M.239; W.200 | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (13) | ||
PUBLICATION
Dordrecht was not published.
EXHIBITIONS
It was exhibited in several print dealers' exhibitions, by H. Wunderlich & Co. in New York in 1898 and 1903, and by Obach & Co. in London in 1903. 7 An impression was lent by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919) to the exhibition organised by the Caxton Club in Chicago in 1900 (
). 8
It also appeared in the Memorial Exhibitions after Whistler's death, at the Grolier Club in New York and, lent by Howard Mansfield (1849-1938), in Boston in 1904 (), and in London (lent from the Royal Collection) and Paris in 1905. 9
). 8 It also appeared in the Memorial Exhibitions after Whistler's death, at the Grolier Club in New York and, lent by Howard Mansfield (1849-1938), in Boston in 1904 (
), and in London (lent from the Royal Collection) and Paris in 1905. 9 7: see REFERENCES: EXHIBITIONS.
8: Chicago 1900 (cat. no. 178).
9: New York 1904a (cat. no. 208); Boston 1904 (cat. no. 160); London Mem. 1905 (cat. no. 200).
SALES & COLLECTORS
Whistler sold an impression on 28 April 1887 to the London print dealers, Messrs Dowdeswell for £5.5.0. 10 It is possible Dowdeswell sold one to John Charles Sigismund Day (1826-1908) () or possibly to Samuel Putnam Avery (1822-1904) (). Another impression was bought from Whistler for the Royal Collection (), and sold through Thomas Agnew & Sons, London to H. Wunderlich & Co., New York, in 1906; it was bought for $200 by Clarence Buckingham (1855-1913) whose sisters bequeathed it to the Art Institute of Chicago ().
An impression was sold with the collection of the late Joshua Hutchinson Hutchinson (ca 1829 - d.1891) at Sotheby's, 3 March 1892 (lot 304) and bought by Edmund F. Deprez (1851-1915) of Deprez & Gutekunst for only £1.10.0.
) or possibly to Samuel Putnam Avery (1822-1904) (). Another impression was bought from Whistler for the Royal Collection (), and sold through Thomas Agnew & Sons, London to H. Wunderlich & Co., New York, in 1906; it was bought for $200 by Clarence Buckingham (1855-1913) whose sisters bequeathed it to the Art Institute of Chicago (). An impression was sold with the collection of the late Joshua Hutchinson Hutchinson (ca 1829 - d.1891) at Sotheby's, 3 March 1892 (lot 304) and bought by Edmund F. Deprez (1851-1915) of Deprez & Gutekunst for only £1.10.0.
10: GUW #13020.
Early collectors in America included Bryan Lathrop (1844-1916) (), John Henry Wrenn (1841-1911) (), and Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), who bought an impression from Dr James M. Hart in 1896 (). A year later, September 1897, Whistler sold an impression to H. Wunderlich & Co. for £8.8.0, and in 1900, another for £10.10.0. 11
), John Henry Wrenn (1841-1911) (), and Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), who bought an impression from Dr James M. Hart in 1896 (). A year later, September 1897, Whistler sold an impression to H. Wunderlich & Co. for £8.8.0, and in 1900, another for £10.10.0. 11