Shipbuilder's Yard / James McNeill Whistler
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.360
- Title
- Shipbuilder's Yard
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler
- Artist Nationality
- American
- Artist Life Dates
- 1834-1903
- Medium and Support
- drypoint, printed in black ink on old laid paper
- Object Creation Date
- 1875
- Credit Line
- Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker
- Inscription
- Signed on the plate, l. center: butterfly Watermark: B/TH in cartouche Notation in ink, verso, l.l.: Latin inscription
- Dimensions
- 32.8 cm x 20.4 cm (12 15/16 in. x 8 1/16 in.)
- Century
- 19th century
- Physical Description
- A tall post to right of center bisects the composition. To the right is scaffolding and a platform. In the foreground, a figure of a standing man has been erased from the plate. The foreground is at the water's edge and while in the distance at the horizon are the masts of ships and smoke coming from a chimney to the right of the tall post.
- Subject Matter
- Whistler frequented the docks and wharves of London's commercial districts. This impression is in unrecorded state between the second and third states in Kennedy's catalogue raisonné.
- Secondary Keywords
- architecture
- buildings and the land
- open spaces
- open spaces and site elements
- open spaces by location or context
- ships
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- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 947 x 1453
- File Size
- 114 KB
- Record
- 1954/1.360
- Link to this Item
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"Shipbuilder's Yard; James McNeill Whistler." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1954-sl-1.360/1954_1.360.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 08, 2024.
