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Billingsgate

Print
1859 (etched), 1878 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Etching print on paper


Object details

Category
Object type
Titles
  • Billingsgate (assigned by artist)
  • The Portfolio (series title)
Materials and techniques
Printer's ink, paper, etching
Brief description
Etching by James McNeill Whistler, 'Billingsgate', 1859. Signed and dated bottom middle right.
Physical description
Etching print on paper
Dimensions
  • Plate height: 15.2cm
  • Plate width: 22.8cm
  • Paper height: 28.6cm
  • Paper width: 43.8cm
Style
Marks and inscriptions
'Whistler. 1859.' (Signed and dated bottom middle right)
Object history
W. 2nd state; K. 7th state.
Subjects depicted
Places depicted
Bibliographic references
  • Wedmore, Frederick. Whistler's Etchings, A Study and a Catalogue. London: Colnaghi & Co, 1899. No.45, 2nd state.
  • Kennedy, Edward G. The Etched Work of Whistler. San Francisco: Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1978. No.47, 7th state.
  • Taken from Departmental Circulation Register 1968
Collection
Accession number
CIRC.601-1968

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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