Street at Saverne

Street at Saverne

Item Information

Title:
Street at Saverne
Description:
A night scene in a narrow street, which seems to end at a barrier. Along the left side is a row of adjoining irregular buildings in brilliant moonlight crossed by strong shadows. Light radiates from a lantern that projects from the wall of a high building at the right. A single figure stands near a doorway halfway down the street. The sky is strongly shaded. Near the bottom, at the left, "Whistler."
Artist:
Whistler, James McNeill, 1834-1903
Date:
[1858]
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Etchings
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903). Lithographs, Etchings, and Drawings
Subjects:
Streets
Buildings
Night
Places:
France > Grand Est (region) > Saverne
Extent:
1 print : etching ; plate mark 21 x 16 cm
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Notes:
Title from catalogue raisonné.
Kennedy: K. 19
Handwritten on item: One of twelve etchings from nature, French set.
Additional information accompanying item: Saverne is a town in Alsace, now Zabern.
Notes (date):
Date supplied by cataloger.
This date is inferred.
Notes (citation):
Kennedy, Edward G. (Edward Guthrie). "The etched work of Whistler ; compiled, arranged and described by Edward G. Kennedy, with an introduction by Royal Cortissoz." Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1978, San Francisco.
Notes (object):
Fourth state of five.
The upper part of the gate has been reworked with close horizontal lines; there is slight shading at the top of the lamp (A. W. Scholle).
Identifier:
17_14_000036
W. 1183 (no longer used)
Barcode:
36666000188140