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Title: Lindsey Houses
Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Physical Description: Seen at a distance are several sailing ships at dock along a riverside embankment. Row houses can be seen beyond and in the distance at the left is a wooden bridge and and a clump of trees.
Artist Life Dates: 1834-1903
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 1876-1877
Accession Number: 1954/1.366
Medium and Support: etching and drypoint, printed in black ink on laid paper
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Title: Pickle Herring Wharf
Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Physical Description: A large port is seen from the water. In the foreground are two low rowboats; at the right side are a number of tall masted ships with reefed sails and beyond, at center, in the distance is more shipping at dock. Along the lefthand side is a large building seen as the embankment curves away into the distance.
Artist Life Dates: 1834-1903
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1878
Accession Number: 1954/1.367
Medium and Support: etching and drypoint, printed in black ink on laid paper
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Title: Old Hungerford Bridge, from the 'Sixteen Etchings,' or the 'Thames Set'
Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Physical Description: The thriving commercial activity of a metropolitan river is shown as ships and barges of all types maneuver along the river's edge in the foreground. In the middle distance a bridge spans the water and beyond more buildings are loosely sketched in.
Artist Life Dates: 1834-1903
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 1861
Accession Number: 1955/1.121
Medium and Support: etching and drypoint, printed in black ink on laid paper
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Title: Seymour
Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Physical Description: A young boy stands in profile, leaning against the trunk of a tree set in a woods with reflections in the foreground of a pond or small stream. The boy faces the light, casting deep shadows against the tree, and looks upwards.
Artist Life Dates: 1834-1903
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 1859
Accession Number: 1988/2.22
Medium and Support: etching and drypoint, printed in black ink on laid paper
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Title: Free Trade Wharf
Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Physical Description: The curving bank of a river begins at the lower left of the image and sweeps around towards the left. Hugging the water's edge are many wooden buildings of two to five stories in height. At the far left, in the distance, are numerous two- and three-masted ships at anchor. The water at the lower left is open and quiet; a few small boats can be seen; the sky indicates that it is an overcast day.
Artist Life Dates: 1834-1903
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 1877
Accession Number: 1954/1.364
Medium and Support: etching and drypoint, printed in black ink on laid paper
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Title: Two Doorways, One of the 'Twelve Etchings,' or the 'First Venice Set'
Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Physical Description: Seen from the water's edge, a canal in the foreground curves to the right and back into space. In the ditant view, buildings with balconies and chimney pots are visible as well as a bridge that is cropped by the curve of the waterway. In the foreground, across the canal, are several arched entryways. A dark waterdoor is open and shows a man on the steps and two shadowy figures behind him framed in the doorway; a lantern hangs overhead. To the right, another arched doorway with a metal grille above faces the canal, but is closed. A small open window on the seond floor can be seen between the arched doors.
Artist Life Dates: 1834-1903
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 1879-1880
Accession Number: 1954/1.380
Medium and Support: etching and drypoint, printed in black ink on laid paper
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Title: Wych Street
Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Physical Description: The upper two stories of buildings in a narrow city street are drawn, the ground floor left undescribed. The vantage point severly crops and foreshortens the buildings on the right side of the street but gives a fuller view of the gables and overhangs of the buildings on the left side of the street.
Artist Life Dates: 1834-1903
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 1877
Accession Number: 1954/1.363
Medium and Support: etching and drypoint, printed in black ink on laid paper
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