Thames Warehouses, from Thames Tunnel Pier
Print
1859 (etched), 1871 (printed and published)
1859 (etched), 1871 (printed and published)
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Etching by James Whistler, ‘Thames Warehouses, from Thames Tunnel Pier’, from the Thames Set. Etched 1859, 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. Signed and dated by the artist in plate. In the foreground a boat, low in the water, laden with goods covered by a tarpaulin. Behind, warehouse buildings on the banks of the river recede into the distance, the first of which is signed ‘Fred Vink and Co., Rope and Sail Makers.’ Ships and a forest of masts on the horizon.
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| Brief description | Etching by James Whistler, 'Thames Warehouses, from Thames Tunnel Pier', from the Thames Set. Etched 1859, published in 'Sixteen Etchings of Scenes on the Thames, and Other Subjects,' London, 1871. |
| Physical description | Etching by James Whistler, ‘Thames Warehouses, from Thames Tunnel Pier’, from the Thames Set. Etched 1859, 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. Signed and dated by the artist in plate. In the foreground a boat, low in the water, laden with goods covered by a tarpaulin. Behind, warehouse buildings on the banks of the river recede into the distance, the first of which is signed ‘Fred Vink and Co., Rope and Sail Makers.’ Ships and a forest of masts on the horizon. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | ‘Whistler 1859.’ (Signed and dated by the artist in plate bottom right.) |
| Object history | A later impression (K., 2nd state) 1871 edition. |
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| Accession number | 24767:13 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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