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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M3176
People
James Abbott McNeill Whistler, American (Lowell, MA 1834 - 1903 London, England)
Title
Billingsgate
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1859
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/262567

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching and drypoint printed with overall light plate tone in black ink on thin laid Japanese paper
Technique
Etching and drypoint
Dimensions
plate: 15.4 × 22.7 cm (6 1/16 × 8 15/16 in.)
sheet: 20.2 × 25.6 cm (7 15/16 × 10 1/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: in plate: Whistler 1859
  • inscription: verso, lower left, graphite: a55261
  • inscription: yes, in plate, right of center,etched: Whistler. 1859.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Charles Bain Hoyt, Collector, Gift to Fogg Art Museum, 1927.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
Glasgow ix/ix
Standard Reference Number
Kennedy 47; Glasgow 51

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Charles Bain Hoyt
Accession Year
1927
Object Number
M3176
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 2100 19th Century, Harvard Art Museums, 07/24/2023 - 11/13/2023

Verification Level

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