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Limehouse

1859

James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

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Artwork overview

Medium

etching and drypoint on Japanese paper
Credit Line

Gift of John Nichols Estabrook and Dorothy Coogan Estabrook
Dimensions

plate: 12.7 x 20.1 cm (5 x 7 15/16 in.)
sheet: 23.7 x 33.2 cm (9 5/16 x 13 1/16 in.)
Accession

1987.41.64
Catalogue Raisonné

MacDonald 2012, no. 48, state iii/vi

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Estate of John Nichols Estabrook and Dorothy Coogan Estabrook; gift to NGA, 1987.

Associated Names

Estate of John Nichols Estabrook

Bibliography

1910

Kennedy, Edward G. The Etched Work of Whistler. New York: Grolier Club, 1910, no. 40, iii/iii.

2012

MacDonald, Margaret F., Grischka Petri, Joanna Meacock.James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonné. University of Glasgow on-line website at http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. University of Glasgow, 2012, no. 48, state iii/vi.

Inscriptions

lower right in plate: Whistler 1859

Wikidata ID

Q74876859

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