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The Little Rotherhithe |  Hunterian Art Gallery (46758) | |
| Number: | 74 | |
| Date: | 1861 | |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint | |
| Size: | 125 x 102 mm | |
| Signed: | 'Whistler.' at lower right | |
| Inscribed: | '1861.' at lower right | |
| Set/Publication: | no | |
| No. of States: | 4 | |
| Known impressions: | 15 | |
| Catalogues: | K.73; M.72; T.49; W.71 | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (15) | ||
PUBLICATION
EXHIBITIONS
), while in Chicago one was exhibited as 'The Little Wapping', lent by Howard Mansfield (1849-1938). 8
It also appeared in print dealer's shows, particularly with H. Wunderlich & Co. in New York in 1898 and 1903, and with Obach & Co. in London in 1903. In 1898, the print exhibited was bought by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919) (
).7: See REFERENCES: EXHIBITIONS.
8: New York 1881 (cat. no. 99); Chicago 1900 (cat. no. 66).
9: New York 1904a (cat. no. 74); London Mem. 1905 (cat. no. 71).
SALES & COLLECTORS
) and second state of 'Little Wapping [The Thames / Wapping Wharf]' were sold by Whistler to the British Museum for £1.1.0 each. Ralph Thomas wrote that 'The only proof I have seen is in the British Museum.' 10 The second state may have been de-accessioned when the Museum inherited another second state from the descendants of William Cleverly Alexander (1840-1916) - a particularly good impression with burr on the ships ().10: Whistler to W. H. Carpenter, British Museum, GUW #11109; Thomas 1874 (cat. no. 49).
). Wedmore wrote 'Mr. Avery and Mr. Theobald have it.' Theobald's impression, lent to the Whistler Memorial show in London in 1905, has not been located. Whistler printed a good impression of the final state on 23 December 1877 for 'W.G.R.' who was probably William George Rawlinson (1840-1928) (). 11
11: Wedmore 1886 A (cat. no. 71).
).One impression came back to Whistler for signing in the 1890s, and was probably sold by Rouillier to Clarence Buckingham (1855-1913), and passed in due course to the Art Institute of Chicago (
). Another - the final state - was bequeathed by Whistler to Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958) and by her to the University of Glasgow ().12: Sotheby's, 3 March 1892 (lots122-3); Christie's, 8-9 March 1892 (lot 314) and 13-4 July 1897 (lot 310).