Boston Public LibraryJames McNeill Whistler (1834-1903). Lithographs, Etchings, and Drawings / American Artists
Thames Police
Item Information
- Title:
- Thames Police
- Title (alt.):
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Wapping Wharf
- Description:
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The riverside at Wapping at low tide, under a clouded sky. On the beach are rowboats and barges, about which men are at work. Back of these extends a row of picturesque buildings, some with high chimneys. The nearest, a tall building with two bay windows, one above the others, bears, near the top, the sign, "Thames Police." The next building bears the sign, "Wapping Wharf," and what appears to be a sign of the "Yorkshire Cattle Company." In the distance, at the left, are a full-rigged ship and other shipping. Near the right lower corner, "Whistler, 1859."
- Artist:
- Whistler, James McNeill, 1834-1903
- Name on Item:
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Whistler
- Date:
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1859
- Format:
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Prints
- Genre:
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Etchings
Marine prints
- Location:
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Boston Public Library
Arts Department - Collection (local):
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James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903). Lithographs, Etchings, and Drawings
- Subjects:
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Boats
Piers & wharves
- Places:
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England > Thames (river)
- Extent:
- 1 print : etching ; plate mark 16 x 23 cm
- Permalink:
- https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/3r076j69v
- Terms of Use:
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No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
- Notes:
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Title from catalogue raisonné.
Alternative title from item.
Kennedy: K. 44
Handwritten on item: "One of sixteen etchings" (Thames set). Published as "Wapping Wharf."
- Notes (date):
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Date from item.
- Notes (citation):
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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):
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Third state of three.
The sky is enriched with drypoint work. In the later impressions many of the drypoint lines in the sky have worn away almost entirely; however, traces of them may be discovered with a magnifying-glass.
- Identifier:
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17_14_000026
W. 1194 (no longer used)
- Barcode:
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36666000188389
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