Billingsgate
Artist
James Abbott McNeil Whistler
1834 Lowell, Massachusetts - 1903 London, England
Date1859
Mediumetching and drypoint on paper
ClassificationsPrints & Printmaking
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of the Albuquerque Museum Foundation from the Lucia v.B. Batten Estate
Object numberPC2015.26.131
DescriptionAn etching in black ink on dark paper depicting a dock. To the left of the composition, several people crowd around the dock, engaged in various tasks. Behind them several ships with tall, spindly masts are visible in the water. A couple of tall buildings can be seen in the top left of the scene.On View
Not on view
ca. 1950
