Windows, Bourges |  Freer Gallery of Art (1903.166) | |
| Number: | 398 | |
| Date: | 1888 | |
| Medium: | etching | |
| Size: | 149 x 80 mm | |
| Signed: | butterfly at upper left | |
| Inscribed: | no | |
| Set/Publication: | no | |
| No. of States: | 2 | |
| Known impressions: | 3 | |
| Catalogues: | K.400; M.399 | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (3) | ||
Windows, Bourges dates from 1888. James and Beatrice Whistler enjoyed an extended honeymoon in France from August/September 1888. They spent time in Bourges between approximately 23 and 30 September 1888. 1
Whistler wrote to his sister-in-law Helen Whistler on 22 September, just before going to Bourges:
Whistler wrote to his sister-in-law Helen Whistler on 22 September, just before going to Bourges:
1: J. Whistler to H. Whistler, [22 September 1888], GUW #06713.
'So here we are - "in the Garden of France" - pottering about this old town in straw hats and white shoes! - sitting down on benches or borrowing chairs that we may, at our ease, look at the lovely old doorways - and marvelous [sic] carvings -
In short, for the first time, really lazily having the, to me, unknown holiday! - I suppose we shall go on drifting - and following the warm weather further South - Mean while we are thinking of Bourges - have you ever been there? - I fancy it must be amazing - ' 2
In short, for the first time, really lazily having the, to me, unknown holiday! - I suppose we shall go on drifting - and following the warm weather further South - Mean while we are thinking of Bourges - have you ever been there? - I fancy it must be amazing - ' 2
2: J. Whistler to H.E. Whistler, [22 September 1888], GUW #06713.