James McNeill Whistler
Limehouse
1858
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James McNeill Whistler
Limehouse
1858
Physical Qualities
Etching and drypoint, Sheet: 245 × 339 mm. (9 5/8 × 13 3/8 in.)
Plate: 127 × 200 mm. (5 × 7 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
The George A. Lucas Collection, purchased with Funds from the State of Maryland. Funds from Laurence and Stella Bendann, and Contributions from individuals, foundations, and corporations throughout the Baltimore community
Object Number
1996.48.12325
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
Monet's London: Artists' Reflections on the Thames, 1859-1914
Whistler and Cassatt: Americans Abroad
Kennedy, Edward Guthrie. The Etched Work of Whistler (New York: Grolier Club, 1910; reprint, San Francisco: Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1978), #40.
Margaret F. MacDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock. James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonné, University of Glasgow, 2012, on-line website at http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk.
Margaret F. MacDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock. James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonné, University of Glasgow, 2012, on-line website at http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk.
Inscribed: Signed in red pencil: lower right "Whistler" Inscribed in pencil: on original mount (trimmed and attached to current mount), in Lucas' hand "Epreuve / Expose au Salon de 18 ? sous le numero 2757" Signed and dated in plate: lower right "Whistler 1859"
Markings: None
