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BillingsgateWhistler, James Abbott McNeill (printmaker) | |
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Title/s | Billingsgate |
Maker/s | Whistler, James Abbott McNeill (printmaker) American artist, 1834-1903 |
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print |
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Production Notes | Final state, on Japanese paper This etching, in the latest state, was published in "The Portfolio", a London art-magazine, in January 1878, after about a hundred impression had been taken on Japanese paper. |
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Material/s |
black carbon ink (medium) |
Dimensions | plate
height: 153
mm |
Date | 1859 to 1878 |
Provenance | given: Thompson, Sir (Henry Francis) Herbert, Bart 1920-12 (Prints given by Thompson, Sir (Henry Francis) Herbert, Bart) |
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Standard print ref/s | Wedmore (Whistler) 45 Mansfield 46 VII Kennedy 47 VIII |
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Accession Number | P.2081-R (Paintings, Drawings and Prints) |
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