Rotherhithe, James Abbott McNeill Whistler, 1860

Title(s)

Rotherhithe
Sixteen etchings of scenes on the Thames and othes subjects (series title)

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-1959-657

Catalogue reference

• Kennedy 66-3(3)

Inscriptions / marks

• date

Description

Twee pijprokende mannen op een balkon, achter hen uitzicht over de boten in de Theems bij Wapping. Tussen de masten links is de koepel van St. Paul's Cathedral zichtbaar.

Artist

• print maker: James Abbott McNeill Whistler (mentioned on object)
• after own design by: James Abbott McNeill Whistler

Place

England

Dating

1860

Material

• paper

Technique

etching / drypoint

Measurements

height 277 mm × width 202 mm

What

• city-view in general; 'veduta'
• sailing-ship, sailing-boat

Where

• Thames
• London

Credit line

• Gift of the Art Institute of Chicago

Acquisition

gift 1959

Copyright

Public domain

• James McNeill Whistler [ : 1 1994], Nicolai Cikovsky (jr.), Richard Dorment, Margaret F. MacDonald, p. 104-105, cat.nr. 34
• The etched work of Whistler, Edward G. Kennedy, p. 25, cat.nr. 66-3(3)