In the middle distance, at the right of buildings partly hidden by trees, the Parliament Houses stand out dark against the sky, and old Westminster Bridge stretches across the Thames. On the river bank at the left are stranded barges, and in the river, by the nearest barge, are two men with horses. Out in the stream are two side-wheel steamboats and some barges under sail. On the Lambeth side are buildings and barges, slightly indicated. There are clouds in the sky. In the left lower corner: "Whistler, 1859."
Kennedy, Edward G. (Edward Guthrie). "The etched work of Whistler ; compiled, arranged and described by Edward G. Kennedy, with an introduction by Royal Cortissoz." Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1978, San Francisco.
Notes (object):
Second state of two.
There is a small cloud immediately above and to the left of the high tower, and there are several horizontal lines above the derrick at extreme left. Two almost horizontal lines in the water -- one short and one long -- meet at the head of the man with the spear or stick, at the left.
IIIF Manifest