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Billingsgate: P.2082-R

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Titles

Billingsgate

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Whistler, James Abbott McNeill

Entities

Categories

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1915-12) by Middleton-Wake, Charles H.

Dating

1859 - 1878

Note

Final state

This etching, in the latest state, was published in "The Portfolio", a London art-magazine, in January 1878, after about a hundred impression had been taken on Japanese paper.

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of paper
Plate Height 151 mm Width 227 mm
Sheet Height 260 mm Width 362 mm

Techniques used in production

Drypoint
Etching

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: Whistler. 1859.
  • Location: Image lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.2082-R
Primary reference Number: 10177
Wedmore (Whistler): 45
Mansfield: 46 VII
Kennedy: 47 VIII

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 21 March 2019

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

Citation for print

This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:

The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Billingsgate" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/10177 Accessed: 2024-04-28 16:25:27

Citation for Wikipedia

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{{cite web|url=https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/10177 |title=Billingsgate |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-04-28 16:25:27|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

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