Billingsgate
Artist
James McNeill Whistler
(American, 1834-1903)
CultureAmerican
Date1859
MediumEtching and drypoint
DimensionsOverall: 6 x 9 in. (15.2 x 22.9 cm)
Overall, Mat: 14 1/4 x 19 1/4 in. (36.2 x 48.9 cm)
Overall, Mat: 14 1/4 x 19 1/4 in. (36.2 x 48.9 cm)
InscribedSigned on plate at right of small boat in water "Whistler, 1859". Title written along bottom edge of paper at left corner in pencil.
Credit LineGift of Miss Ethel Neely
Object number41.6.1
Not on view
DescriptionEtching depicts fishing boats tied up at piers, the river, houses at the left and figures. Engraving printed on very thin paper watermarked with vertical lines. Paper is securely pasted to a stiff board.Catalogue raisonnéKennedy, no. 47 'Billingsgate'; Mansfield, no. 46 'Billingsgate'; Thomas, no. 34 'Billingsgate Market'; Wedmore, no. 45 'Billingsgate.'
Alexander Gardner
January 1864