1880
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
The Bridge is a 1880 ink by James McNeill Whistler, a Impressionism work, depicting Grand Canal, held at National Gallery of Art.
This etching shows a simple iron bridge over a dark river. Thin lines create the ironwork and ripples below. The sky is just light gray above. Whistler used two printmaking tools here. He scratched lines into the metal plate with drypoint. Then he dipped it in acid for the etching bite. It looks quiet but bold. See how the bridge stands out against the empty dark? Check out Whistler, James McNeill.
James Abbott McNeill Whistler was an American painter in oils and watercolor, and printmaker, active during the American Gilded Age and based primarily in the United Kingdom.
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