Art, literature & history
The Bridge, Santa Marta
1879/80
- Dating
- Date range
- Held at
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Medium
- Etching and drypoint with foul biting in dark brown ink on ivory Asian laid paper altered to buff
- Dimensions
- Image, trimmed within platemark: 29.3 × 20 cm (11 9/16 × 7 7/8 in.); Sheet: 29.9 × 20 cm (11 13/16 × 7 7/8 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1934.511
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
James Abbott McNeill Whistler. The Bridge, Santa Marta. Art Institute of Chicago. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
About this artwork
The Bridge, Santa Marta — James Abbott McNeill Whistler. 1879/80.
Medium: Etching and drypoint with foul biting in dark brown ink on ivory Asian laid paper altered to buff. Dimensions: Image, trimmed within platemark: 29.3 × 20 cm (11 9/16 × 7 7/8 in.); Sheet: 29.9 × 20 cm (11 13/16 × 7 7/8 in.).
Collection record: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.
Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.