Old Putney Bridge 1879

"Old Putney Bridge", an etching by James Abbott McNeill Whistler created in 1879, depicts a simple scene of a bridge over a body of water with a boat in the foreground. This print, characteristic of Whistler's artistic style, emphasizes the beauty of everyday life and the subtle, yet powerful, elements of nature. While Whistler is most well-known for his Nocturnes, a series of paintings depicting nighttime scenes, "Old Putney Bridge" is a captivating example of his work in the genre of etching, a technique involving the use of an acid to create the image on the surface of a metal plate.