Millbank

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Artist/Maker	Whistler (artist)
Place of origin	London (printed and published)

Etching by James Whistler, ‘Millbank’, from the Thames Set. Etched 1861, printed and issued in 1871 as one of the ‘Sixteen Etchings of Scenes on the Thames, and Other Subjects,’ by Ellis and Green, 32 King Street, Covent Garden, in editions of one hundred. Dated by the artist in plate. View of the Thames at Millbank, at low tide. The eye is drawn to a line of mooring posts on the bank, converging in a sharply receding perspective at right with the railings running parallel and the vanishing point of the river. In the foreground at left, a barge and two men on the shore with buildings on the far bank of the river in the distance.

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Category	Prints
Object type	Print
Titles	Millbank (generic title) The Thames Set (series title) A Series of Sixteen Etchings of Scenes on the Thames and other subjects (series title)
Materials and techniques	Etching on paper Paper Printing Ink Etching
Brief description	Etching by James Whistler, 'Millbank', from the Thames Set. Etched 1861, published in 'Sixteen Etchings of Scenes on the Thames, and Other Subjects,' London, 1871.
Physical description	Etching by James Whistler, ‘Millbank’, from the Thames Set. Etched 1861, printed and issued in 1871 as one of the ‘Sixteen Etchings of Scenes on the Thames, and Other Subjects,’ by Ellis and Green, 32 King Street, Covent Garden, in editions of one hundred. Dated by the artist in plate. View of the Thames at Millbank, at low tide. The eye is drawn to a line of mooring posts on the bank, converging in a sharply receding perspective at right with the railings running parallel and the vanishing point of the river. In the foreground at left, a barge and two men on the shore with buildings on the far bank of the river in the distance.
Dimensions	Plate height: 10.1cm Plate width: 12.7cm Paper height: 15cm Paper width: 20.5cm
Style	Realism
Marks and inscriptions	'1861.' (Dated in plate bottom left)
Object history	1871 edition. W.67, 2nd state; K.71, 5th state.
Subjects depicted	Rivers Barges Boats Marines (Visual Works)
Places depicted	River Thames London
Associated objects	19787 19788 19789 19790 19791 19792 19793 19794 19801 24767 24767:1 24767:2 24767:3 24767:4 24767:5 24767:6 24767:7 24767:8 24767:9 24767:10 24767:11 24767:13 24767:14 24767:15 24767:16 CAI.137 CIRC.15-1912 CIRC.179-1965 E.796-1936 E.3041-1931 CAI.138 CAI.139 CAI.140 CAI.141 CAI.142 CAI.143 CAI.144 CAI.145 CAI.146 CAI.147 CAI.148 CAI.149 CAI.150 CAI.151 CAI.152
Bibliographic references	Wedmore, Frederick. Whistler's Etchings, A Study and a Catalogue. London: Colnaghi & Co, 1899. No.67, 2nd state. Kennedy, Edward G. The Etched Work of Whistler. San Francisco: Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1978. No.71, 5th state. Taken from Departmental Circulation Register 1912
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	CIRC.13-1912

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1039999/millbank-print-whistler/

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