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Print of two men sitting in shipyard with sailboats

Two men sit inside a low wooden enclosure. The man on the left is younger. He looks toward the right. The man on the right is older and wears a black cap. He looks at the younger man. Behind the men is a shipyard with many sailboats. On the right is the shoreline, which is full of wooden and brick buildings. The land extends toward the background and then curves around to the left behind the shipyard, forming the horizon. This print is fairly high-contrast, with sharp, dark lines on white paper.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
2005.282
People
James Abbott McNeill Whistler, American (Lowell, MA 1834 - 1903 London, England)
Title
Rotherhithe
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Wapping
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1860
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/12479

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching and drypoint printed in black ink on thin laid japan paper
Technique
Etching and drypoint
Dimensions
plate: 27.4 x 20 cm (10 13/16 x 7 7/8 in.)
sheet: 33.7 x 23.5 cm (13 1/4 x 9 1/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: l.l. etched in plate: "Whistler 1860"
  • inscription: Lower left, etched into the plate: Whistler 1860.
  • inscription: lower edge of sheet, various graphite inscriptions: K 31 661 / P29058 / RBF
  • inscription: verso, graphite: 8552

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
Glasgow vi/vi
Standard Reference Number
Kennedy 66, Glasgow 70

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Patricia Cornwell
Accession Year
2005
Object Number
2005.282
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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