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A Sketch from Billingsgate
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James McNeill Whistler and The Fine Art Society

A Sketch from Billingsgate

1876-1877, published 1879

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A Sketch from Billingsgate

James McNeill Whistler and The Fine Art Society

A Sketch from Billingsgate

A Sketch from Billingsgate

1876-1877, published 1879

Physical Qualities Drypoint, Sheet: 190 × 264 mm. (7 1/2 × 10 3/8 in.) Plate: 152 × 229 mm. (6 × 9 in.)
Portfolio/Series From the series "Cancelled Plates"
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 1996.48.9106
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

Inscribed: Signed in plate: lower right "[butterfly]" Inscribed in pencil: bottom left "'A Sketch from Billingsgate - Wedme. 130"

Markings: Collector's stamp: verso "M.I. / LUCAS / COLLECTION" (Lugt 1695c) Watermark: Strasbourg lily VGL

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