James McNeill Whistler
Billingsgate
1859
Physical Qualities
Etching and drypoint, Sheet: 230 × 298 mm. (9 1/16 × 11 3/4 in.)
Plate: 148 × 221 mm. (5 13/16 × 8 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
The George A. Lucas Collection, purchased with funds from the State of Maryland, Laurence and Stella Bendann Fund, and contributions from individuals, foundations, and corporations throughout the Baltimore community
Object Number
1996.48.12323
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1996; The Maryland Institute College of Art,
through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris
through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris
BMA, "Selected Prints from the George A. Lucas Collection," 29 June - 29 August, 1976.
Inscribed: Signed and dated in plate: lower right "Whistler.1859."
Markings: Collector's stamp: verso "M.I. / LUCAS / COLLECTION" (Lugt 1695c)
