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James McNeill Whistler
A Sketch from Billingsgate1878

Not on view
Horizontal etching of a harbor scene with sailing ships, dominated by a geometric lattice of diagonal rigging lines over loosely sketched vessels and a distant shoreline

James McNeill Whistler, A Sketch from Billingsgate, 1878, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Graphic Arts Council Curatorial Discretionary Fund, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
James McNeill Whistler
Title
A Sketch from Billingsgate
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1878
Medium
Etching and drypoint, with drypoint cancellation
Dimensions
Sheet: 9 1/2 × 14 7/8 in. (24.13 × 37.78 cm) Image: 5 7/8 × 8 7/8 in. (14.92 × 22.54 cm)
Credit Line
Graphic Arts Council Curatorial Discretionary Fund
Accession Number
M.85.26.32
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings