Billingsgate
Billingsgate

Currently not on view

Billingsgate,

1859

James McNeill Whistler, 1834–1903; born Lowell, MA; died London, UK; active England and Paris, France
x1969-209

Information

Title
Billingsgate
Dates

1859

Maker
James McNeill Whistler
Medium

Etching and drypoint

Dimensions

plate: 15.3 x 22.6 cm (6 x 8 7/8 in.)
sheet: 21.7 x 30.6 cm (8 9/16 x 12 1/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of David H. McAlpin, Class of 1920, and Mrs. McAlpin, in memory of Prof. Clifton R. Hall

Object Number
x1969-209
Place Depicted

Europe, England, London

Signatures

Signed and dated in plate: Whistler. 1859.

Reference Numbers
Glasgow 51 vii/ix; Kennedy 47 vii/viii; Thomas 34
Culture
American
Type
prints, etchings
Subject
workers, figures (representations), ships, barges (ships' boats), wharves

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