Billingsgate
Artist
James McNeill Whistler
American, 1834 - 1903
Date1859, Ninth state published 1880
MediumEtching and drypoint on machine-made laid paper
Old provenance text:
Frederick Keppel & Co., Inc., New York; Lapham and Dibble Gallery, Shoreham, VT by 1979; purchased at a fundraising auction by Dr. Richard Day, Glens Falls, NY, 1979; donated to The Hyde Collection, 1979.
DimensionsPlate mark (Includes the beveled edge so is larger than the image size): 6 x 9 in.
Sheet: 8 1/8 x 11 3/8 in. (20.6 x 28.9 cm)
Matboard: 16 1/8 x 20 1/8 in. (41 x 51.1 cm)
Image Size: 6 x 8 3/4 in. (15.2 x 22.3 cm)
Sheet: 8 1/8 x 11 3/8 in. (20.6 x 28.9 cm)
Matboard: 16 1/8 x 20 1/8 in. (41 x 51.1 cm)
Image Size: 6 x 8 3/4 in. (15.2 x 22.3 cm)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineAnonymous gift to The Hyde Collection
Object number1979.3
On View
Not on viewCollections
- Works on Paper
SignedRight of center, bottom of etching: "Whistler 1859"
InscribedPhotocopies of labels in collection file:
"No. L 9133/From Frederick Keppel & Co. Inc.,/Rare Engravings and Etchings,/No. 16 East 57th Street, New York."
Bottom center sheet, pencil: "9133". with arched line over
Lower Right sheet, pencil: "9133". with arched line over (the number may be Keppel's inventory number or, possibly, a catalogue raisonne reference?)
Stamped, or possbily handwritten on reverse, lower left: "B26140".
Reverse, lower right: "XO". handwritten, in pencil.
Markings
DescriptionView of the Billingsgate fish market in London. Fishing boats are lined up along a wharf with London Bridge in the background. The clock tower of the market building is at the left behind a stone embankment.ProvenanceNew York, NY, Frederick Keppel & Co., Inc. by 1979, Shoreham, VT, Lapham and Dibble Gallery
1979, Glens Falls, NY, Dr. Richard Day
1979, Glens Falls, NY, The Hyde Collection Trust
William Hogarth
published 1796 (engraved 1747)