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James McNeill Whistler 1834-1903
Thames Warehouses, 1859signed and dated 1859 in plate; printed in black ink on wove paperetching and drypointan impression in the third state (of five)3 x 8 inches (7.7 x 20.4 cm)This etching provides a detailed prospect of the London docks backing onto Wapping High Street, viewed from the Thames Tunnel Pier. The scene identifies several specific businesses of the era,...This etching provides a detailed prospect of the London docks backing onto Wapping High Street, viewed from the Thames Tunnel Pier. The scene identifies several specific businesses of the era, including Fred Vink & Co / Rope & Sail Makers and Smith & Son / Hermitage Coal Wharf. Whistler captures the receding coastline of the river with a finesse that critics of the time compared to the work of Wenceslaus Hollar. In the far distance, the dome of St Paul’s Cathedral is visible through a haze of smoke from a passing steamboat.Literature
R. Thomas, A Catalogue of the Etchings and Drypoints of James Abbott MacNeil Whistler (London 1874), no. 42;F. Wedmore, Whistler's Etchings: a Study and a Catalogue (London 1886), no. 35;
H. Mansfield, A Descriptive Catalogue of the Etchings and Dry-Points of James Abbott McNeill Whistler (Chicago 1909), no. 37;
E.G. Kennedy, The Etched Work of Whistler (New York 1910), no. 38;
M.F. MacDonald, G. Petri, M. Hausberg, and J. Meacock, James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonné, (Glasgow 2011), on-line website at http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk, no. 46
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