A sketch from Billingsgate

A sketch from Billingsgate

Item Information

Title:
A sketch from Billingsgate
Description:
At the right are three large barges near a timbered wharf, beyond which a number of vessels are lying. At the left is a projecting bow of a large ship, about which numerous barges and other boats are grouped. Beyond a clear space of water is a row of warehouses, in front of which is more shipping.
Artist:
Whistler, James McNeill, 1834-1903
Date:
[1876–1877]
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Drypoints
Marine prints
Cancellation proofs
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903). Lithographs, Etchings, and Drawings
Subjects:
Sailing ships
Boats
Piers & wharves
Waterfronts
Extent:
1 print : drypoint ; plate mark 15 x 23 cm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/3r076m73v
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Notes:
Title from catalogue raisonné.
Kennedy: K. 168
Additional information accompanying item: Included in "Etchings by J. M. Whistler from the cancelled plates."
Notes (date):
Date supplied by cataloger.
This date is inferred.
Notes (citation):
Kennedy, Edward G. (Edward Guthrie). "The etched work of Whistler ; compiled, arranged and described by Edward G. Kennedy, with an introduction by Royal Cortissoz." Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1978, San Francisco.
Notes (object):
From an impression from the cancelled plate.
Identifier:
17_14_000099
Barcode:
36666000099545