Eagle Wharf

Artist James McNeill Whistler American, 1834 - 1903

Dateetched 1859; printed and published in 1871

MediumEtching

DimensionsSheet: 6 7/16 x 9 7/16 in. (16.4 x 24 cm)
Plate mark: 5 7/16 x 8 1/2 in. (13.8 x 21.6 cm)

ClassificationsPrints

Credit LineGift of Patricia Bixby Hoopes

Object number2009.5.2

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SignedIn the plate, lower center: "Whistler 1859".

DescriptionView of a dock/wharf area on the Thames River. Young boy sitting on what appears to be a canal barge in the foreground. On the warehouse walls in the left background the names of associated businesses: "Tyzac, Whiteley & Co, W Brown, Sail Maker, Ship Owner, Eagle Wharf." Water line is low as tide is out and smaller boats are out of water at the left with larger vessels, most with multiple masts, on the right.Exhibition HistoryWest Meets East: Prints from the Permanent Collection, Wood Gallery, The Hyde Collection, November 4, 2018 - December 30, 2018

"What's New? Recent Acquisitions 2008-2010", Hoopes Gallery, The Hyde Collection, March 3 - May 29, 2011.ProvenanceWilliam K. Bixby; Patricia B. Hoopes, Bolton Landing, NY; gift to The Hyde Collection, 2009.