Limehouse

Limehouse

Item Information

Title:
Limehouse
Description:
A large barge, partly decked over, is moored in front of a warehouse at the right, beyond which extends a row of Thames-side buildings. Out in the river are three posts supported by braces, beyond which are numerous boats--one with sail partly unfurled. In the distance are sheds and shipping. A man stands in the doorway of the warehouse; another is at work on the barge; a woman descends steps of a building beyond; three people are seen on the boats. On the barge, at the right, "Whistler, 1859."
Artist:
Whistler, James McNeill, 1834-1903
Name on Item:
Whistler
Date:
1859
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Etchings
Marine prints
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903). Lithographs, Etchings, and Drawings
Subjects:
Boats
Piers & wharves
Places:
South Africa > Eastern Cape (province) > East London
Extent:
1 print : etching ; plate mark 13 x 21 cm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/3r076j59m
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Notes:
Title from catalogue raisonné.
Kennedy: K. 40
Handwritten on item: "One of sixteen etchings" (Thames set)
Notes (date):
Date from item.
Notes (citation):
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):
Third state of three.
To the left of the leaning mast, new fine horizontal lines cross the shipping in the distance. Above the masts at right and centre, there are light clouds in the sky.
Identifier:
17_14_000021
W. 1190 (no longer used)
Barcode:
36666000188330