Greenwich Park

1859

Not on view

Whistler travelled down the Thames to find subject this subject of a shaded lawn at Greenwich, visiting the park with his etcher brother-in-law Seymour Haden. Both created prints that show a naval pensioner from the nearby Royal Hospital for Seamen relaxing on the grass (Whister's titled "Greenwich Pensioner" (17.3.27) and Haden's "Sub Tegmine" (Under the Canopy; 17.3.276). The Met has two other impressions of "Greenwich Park" (83.1.22, 17.3.28).

Artwork Details

Title: Greenwich Park
Artist: James McNeill Whistler (American, Lowell, Massachusetts 1834–1903 London)
Date: 1859
Medium: Etching and drypoint; third state of three (Glasgow); dark brown ink on cream laid paper
Dimensions: Plate: 4 15/16 × 7 7/8 in. (12.6 × 20 cm)
Sheet: 7 5/16 x 10 7/8 in. (18.6 x 27.6 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Gift of David Keppel, 1917
Object Number: 17.21.71
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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