The Penny Boat

James Abbott McNeill Whistler1859

Details

Title: The Penny Boat
Creator: James McNeill Whistler
Date Created: 1859
Physical Dimensions: sheet (trimmed within plate mark): 8.57 x 20.64 cm (3 3/8 x 8 1/8 in.)
Provenance: Bernard Buchanan MacGeorge [1845?-1924], Glasgow, (Lugt 394), probably before 1902. (H. Wunderlich & Co., New York, 1903, stock no. a 37246). (Knoedler & Co., New York (stock no. MK 32555); Lessing Julius Rosenwald [1891-1971], Philadelphia, (Lugt 1760b-c); gift to NGA, 1943.
Medium: etching in dark brown on laid paper

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