Sketch of ships

Sketch of ships

Item Information

Title:
Sketch of ships
Description:
At the left is a ship with long dark hull and very tall masts, beyond which the masts of other vessels appear. Astern of the ship, partly hidden, is a small vessel in outline. Alongside the ship is a cluster of barges, and in front there are the outlines of a large barge. At the extreme right is a large vessel, faintly indicated. Plate is unsigned.
Artist:
Whistler, James McNeill, 1834-1903
Date:
[1859]
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Etchings
Marine prints
Cancellation proofs
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903). Lithographs, Etchings, and Drawings
Subjects:
Sailing ships
Boats
Extent:
1 print : etching ; plate mark 16 x 23 cm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/3r076m31b
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Notes:
Title from catalogue raisonné.
Kennedy: K. 151
Additional information accompanying item: Included in "Etchings by J. M. Whistler from the cancelled plates."
Notes (date):
Date supplied by cataloger.
This date is inferred.
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):
From an impression from the cancelled plate.
Identifier:
17_14_000074
Barcode:
36666000099339