Billingsgate

Object Details

• Artist

  James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

• Edition/State

  4, 7

• Label

  Whistler etchings are identified by "G" numbers as assigned in "James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonne," by Margaret F. McDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock (University of Glasgow, 2012), http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. This print is G51 state 9 of 9.

• Provenance

  To 1940

  E.E. West, London. [1]

  From 1940

  Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from E.E. West, London. [2]

  Notes:

  [1] Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record.

  [2] See note 1.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Previous custodian or owner

  E.E. West

• Origin

  United States

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Print

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

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• Date

  1850s

• Name

  West, E.E.

• Place

  United States

• Topic

  Bridges, Boats and boating, Art, American Art, Rivers, Etching (printing process)

• Culture

  Americans

• Object Type

  Prints