Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Print made by James McNeill Whistler, 1834–1903, American, active in Britain (from 1859)
Title:
Black Lion Wharf
Date:
1859
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and drypoint on thin, slightly textured, beige China paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 1/8 × 14 inches (23.1 × 35.5 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered in black ink, within image, lower right: "Whistler. 1859"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Janet and James Sale, Yale BA 1960
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B2003.20
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
masts | boats | seamen | architectural subject | destruction | cityscape | men | oars | ladder | cap | chain | rigging | barges | chimney | genre subject | sails | dock | wharf | buildings | weathervane | jacket | warehouses | signs | river | commerce
Associated Places:
England | United Kingdom | Thames | Black Lion Wharf | Greater London | Isle of Dogs | London | Tower Hamlets
Currently On View:
Not on view
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:50681