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Tyzac, Whiteley & Co

Print
1859 (etched)
Artist/Maker
Whistler (artist)
Place of origin
London (etched)

Etching by James Whistler, ‘Eagle Wharf’ or ‘Tyzac, Whiteley & Co.,’ from the Thames Set, etched 1859. In addition to early impressions the plate was 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. View of the River Thames. In the foreground a boy sits on a barge, facing the viewer. Behind, boats moored next to warehouses, with the Tyzac, Whiteley & Co. building and another lettered ‘Eagle Wharf’ at left. Ships and a filigree of masts in the distance at right.

Object details

Categories
Prints
London
Object type
Print
Titles
  • Tyzac, Whiteley & Co (generic title)
  • The Thames Set (series title)
  • Eagle Wharf (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Etching on paper
Paper
Printing Ink
Etching (Printing Process)
Brief description
Etching by James Whistler, 'Eagle Wharf' or 'Tyzac, Whiteley & Co.', from the Thames Set, etched 1859.
Physical description
Etching by James Whistler, ‘Eagle Wharf’ or ‘Tyzac, Whiteley & Co.,’ from the Thames Set, etched 1859. In addition to early impressions the plate was 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. View of the River Thames. In the foreground a boy sits on a barge, facing the viewer. Behind, boats moored next to warehouses, with the Tyzac, Whiteley & Co. building and another lettered ‘Eagle Wharf’ at left. Ships and a filigree of masts in the distance at right.
Dimensions
  • Plate height: 13.8cm
  • Paper width: 21.1cm
  • Paper height: 18cm
  • Paper width: 26.5cm
Style
Realist
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Whistler, 1859.' (Signed and dated by the artist in plate bottom middle.)
  • 'To H. Velten, with the very kind regards of F.K. September 1899' (Inscribed in pencil outside plate edge at bottom)
    Translation
    'F.K' is probably Federick Keppel.
  • 'Eagle Wharf, or "Tyzac, Whiteley & Co"' (Inscribed bottom left)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Hans Velten
Object history
W.39; K.41.
Subjects depicted
Commerce
Wharves
Barges
Warehouses
Rivers
Marines (Visual Works)
Places depicted
River Thames
London
Associated objects
Bibliographic references
  • Wedmore, Frederick. Whistler's Etchings, A Study and a Catalogue. London: Colnaghi & Co, 1899. No.39.
  • Kennedy, Edward G. The Etched Work of Whistler. San Francisco: Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1978. No.41.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.3041-1931

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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