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Description: | Unframed CRE WHISTLER, James McNeill; (American; 1834-1903) This is an etching plate. In the late 1870s, Whistler?s interest in shipping prompted him to return to the River Thames as a subject for his etchings. "A Sketch From Billingsgate" allowed him to explore the subject of boats, while at the same time experimenting with new compositional devices. In this image, the eye of the spectator is drawn to the prow of the large ship that projects from the right into the picture space. (See also GLAHA 49958/50005).
Birnie Philip Gift, 1935, not lendable. | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | CANCELLED PLATE : THAMES : RIVERSCAPE : WHARF : BARGES : WAREHOUSES : WHISTLER CENTENARY : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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