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Description: | A view of Old Hungerford Bridge with a number of Thames barges and paddle steamers on the river.
James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834-1903) was born in Massachusetts, and brought up in Russia (1843-48), where he studied art in St Petersburg, before settling in London. This was one of his 'Series of Sixteen Etchings on the Thames' published in 1871. He etched the plates for these prints after he moved to Wapping in 1859. He worked directly with his subjects and by doing so, succeeded in highlighting the existence of a working-class maritime community in the city of London.
Box Title: 20.6 1886 Isabey lithographs; 20.4 1903 Whistler etchings. Exhibition: Print Room, 1971.
caption: Old Hungerford Bridge | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | prints | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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