File:Print, Billingsgate, 1859 (CH 18417697-2).jpg

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James McNeill Whistler: English: Print, Billingsgate, 1859   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Artist
James McNeill Whistler  (1834–1903)  wikidata:Q203643 s:en:Author:James Abbott McNeill Whistler q:en:James McNeill Whistler
 
James McNeill Whistler
Description American painter, etcher, illustrator, writer, lithographer and printmaker
Date of birth/death 10 July 1834 Edit this at Wikidata 17 July 1903 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Lowell Edit this at Wikidata London Edit this at Wikidata
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London Edit this at Wikidata
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artist QS:P170,Q203643
Title
English: Print, Billingsgate, 1859
Description
English: Men converse on a barge, presented in the left foreground in sharp perspective. Just beyond, fishing boats line the river with their masts standing up against the sky. Through the masts, London Bridge is visible. At left, the buildings that make up the Billingsgate Market are shown with people bustling up stairs from the river. The clock tower is visible at upper left.
Date 1859
date QS:P571,+1859-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium etching and drypoint on white laid paper
Dimensions

Sheet: 21 x 28.2 cm (8 1/4 x 11 1/8 in.)

Image: 15 x 22.2 cm (5 7/8 x 8 3/4 in.)
institution QS:P195,Q1129820
Current location
Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design
Accession number
1957-168-4
Credit line Gift of Mrs. David Keppel
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  • Type: Print
  • Country: United States
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