Old Putney Bridge

Whistler, James McNeill, 1834-1903 · [1879]

In the middle distance, extending across the scene, is the bridge that, until 1880, spanned the Thames at Putney. Supporting it are two iron columns at the right, and a light wooden pier at the left, and three central wooden piers of intricate construction. On the bridge, there are people and vehicles. In front, at the left, there are two rowboats, in one of which a man and woman are seated. At the right, a barge with steering-sail set is passing under an arch of the bridge, through which there appears a boat with a sail, white against a wooden bank. Trees and a house are seen on the low bank at the left. The butterfly is near the lower edge of the plate, at the right of the center.