Print of ships at dock next to row of buildings
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Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College

The vantage point in this print places the viewer in a small boat parallel to the shore of a shipyard. The shore, which is on the right, has a row of buildings with windows, awnings, and external staircases on them. Workers walk narrow bridges and stairways between the buildings and the ships. More workers stand on the ships just beyond the boat the "viewer's" boat. On the left and in the background are water and a clear sky. The tall masts and sails of ships rise above the horizon. The linework in this image is a soft gray color.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
G5723
People
James Abbott McNeill Whistler, American (Lowell, MA 1834 - 1903 London, England)
Title
Limehouse
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: A Series of Sixteen Etchings of Scenes on the Thames and Other Subjects, 1871
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1859
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/279872

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching and drypoint printed in black ink on off-white modern laid paper
Technique
Etching and drypoint
Dimensions
plate: 12.5 × 20.3 cm (4 15/16 × 8 in.)
sheet: 15 × 22.5 cm (5 7/8 × 8 7/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in plate, lower right, etched: Whistler. 1859.
  • collector's mark: verso, lower left, graphite:
    E. H. G. [Edward Hale Greenleaf (Lugt 5207)]
  • watermark: DE ERVEN D.k BLAUW
  • collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with accession number written in graphite:
    GRAY COLLECTION, / 5723 / HARVARD COLLEGE. [within an oval borderline (Lugt 4836)]

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
Glasgow v/vi
Standard Reference Number
Kennedy 40, Glasgow 48

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gray Collection of Engravings Fund
Object Number
G5723
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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