Ships in a dock
Print
1860s (etched)
1860s (etched)
| Artist/Maker |
Matthew White Ridley had been a fellow-student with James McNeill Whistler in Paris in 1856-7 and shared his enthusiasm for scenes of rivers and bustling docks filled with shipping. In England, he introduced Whistler to the little circle of etching enthusiasts which met regularly at the house of Edwin Edwards and went on sketching parties together. C.A. Ionides acquired many prints by members of this clique.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Ships in a dock |
| Materials and techniques | Etching |
| Brief description | Etching by Matthew White Ridley, 'Ships in a Dock', 1860s |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by Constantine Alexander Ionides |
| Object history | Bequeathed by C.A. Ionides, 1900 |
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| Summary | Matthew White Ridley had been a fellow-student with James McNeill Whistler in Paris in 1856-7 and shared his enthusiasm for scenes of rivers and bustling docks filled with shipping. In England, he introduced Whistler to the little circle of etching enthusiasts which met regularly at the house of Edwin Edwards and went on sketching parties together. C.A. Ionides acquired many prints by members of this clique. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | CAI.284 |
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| Record created | April 1, 2008 |
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