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Thames Police
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James McNeill Whistler

Thames Police

1858

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James McNeill Whistler

Thames Police

1858

Physical Qualities Etching, drypoint, Sheet: 240 × 309 mm. (9 7/16 × 12 3/16 in.) Plate: 152 × 223 mm. (6 × 8 3/4 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 1996.48.11654
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

Inscribed: Signed and dated in plate: lower right "Whistler 1859." Inscribed in pencil: verso, in Whistler's(?) hand "Thames Police"

Markings: None

Artist

James McNeill Whistler

1833–1902

American, 1834-1903
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