James McNeill Whistler
Thames Police
1859
Physical Qualities
Etching, drypoint, Sheet: 240 × 309 mm. (9 7/16 × 12 3/16 in.)
Plate: 152 × 223 mm. (6 × 8 3/4 in.)
Portfolio/Series
From the series "A Series of Sixteen Etchings of Scenes on the Thames (the Thames Set)"
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
1996.48.11654
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
Inscribed: Signed and dated in plate: lower right "Whistler 1859." Inscribed in pencil: verso, in Whistler's(?) hand "Thames Police"
Markings: None
