James McNeill Whistler
W. Jones, Lime-Burner, Thames Street
1859
Physical Qualities
Etching, Sheet: 306 x 252 mm. (12 1/16 x 9 15/16 in.)
Plate: 246 x 176 mm. (9 11/16 x 6 15/16 in.)
Portfolio/Series
From the portfolio "Sixteen Etchings (The Thames Set)"
Credit Line
Collection of John Dorsey and Robert W. Armacost, Baltimore
Object Number
2011.143
The Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest, 2011; Robert Armacost and John Dorsey, Baltimore; by inheritance from Mr. C.H. Dorsey; purchased from Kennedy Galleries, NY; F.L. Babbott Collection (attorney with Standard Oil, according to Kennedy's letter to Mr. Dorsey)
Inscribed: lower left in graphite: "[butterfly]"; lower left in plate: "Whistler"; lower right in plate: "Whistler / 1859."; by later hand, lower center in graphite: "3110 The Lime Burner"; by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: "a33632 / early proof- fine- signed by W."
