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The image is an etching of a harbor scene showing various activities. Several sailboats are tightly lined up with their masts reaching up. A stairway on the left leads to buildings. People and animals are depicted with fine lines. The artwork has a monochromatic color scheme. In the distance, a bridge and skyline complete the harbor background.
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The image is an etching of a harbor scene showing various activities. Several sailboats are tightly lined up with their masts reaching up. A stairway on the left leads to buildings. People and animals are depicted with fine lines. The artwork has a monochromatic color scheme. In the distance, a bridge and skyline complete the harbor background.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Billingsgate

James McNeill Whistler

Date
1859
Medium
etching and drypoint in black on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 15.08 × 22.38 cm (5 15/16 × 8 13/16 in.) sheet: 20.96 × 28.58 cm (8 1/4 × 11 1/4 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
2015.19.1531
Credit line
Corcoran Collection (Bequest of Frank B. Bristow, 1968)
Time span
1851 to 1875
Department
CG-W
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • American
  • etching
  • drypoint
  • Boats
  • boat
  • fishing
  • genre
  • Fishing
Provenance

(Frederick Keppel & Co., New York); Frank B. Bristow, Falls Church, Virginia; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1968; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Inscription

lower center in plate: Whistler. 1859.; lower right edge in graphite by unknown hand: 639; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: K.c4 Billingsgate-; lower right verso in graphite by unknown hand: 36

Marks

stamped lower left verso in black ink: F.B.B. [circled]

NGA object ID 183447. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.