Limehouse

1878

James McNeill Whistler

Associated Names
James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

The image depicts a riverside scene near a port or dock with industrial or shipping buildings and tall sailing ships. The horizon is low, with tall ship masts dominating the view. The artwork features sketchy brushstrokes, blending sky, water, and architecture. The color palette is monochromatic in various shades of gray and brown, creating a muted atmosphere. A barge or flatboat is seen on the water with ambiguous figures nearby. Gray clouds fill the sky in the background.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithotint in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 17.2 × 26.4 cm (6 3/4 × 10 3/8 in.)
    sheet: 19.2 × 28 cm (7 9/16 × 11 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.8910

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Stratis & Tedeschi 1998, no. 7, iii/iii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Lessing Julius Rosenwald [1891-1971], Philadelphia, (Lugt 1760b); gift to National Gallery of Art, 1943.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1896

  • Way, Thomas Robert. Mr. Whistler's Lithographs: The Catalogue. London: G. Bell and Sons, 1896; New York: H. Wunderlich & Co., 1905, no. 4.

1998

  • Stratis, Harriet K., and Martha Tedeschi, eds. The Lithographs of James McNeill Whistler, vol. 1. Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1998, pp. 58-62, no. 7, iii/iii.

Wikidata ID

Q65022220

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