PrintsAmerican19th century

Billingsgate

1859

Artists

James Abbott McNeill WhistlerArtist

Classification

Prints

Technique

Etching and drypoint

Medium

Etching and drypoint printed with overall light plate tone in black ink on thin laid Japanese paper

Culture

American

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Prints

Dimensions

plate: 15.4 × 22.7 cm (6 1/16 × 8 15/16 in.) sheet: 20.2 × 25.6 cm (7 15/16 × 10 1/16 in.)

Provenance

Charles Bain Hoyt, Collector, Gift to Fogg Art Museum, 1927.

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