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Free Trade Wharf

James Abbott McNeill Whistler

Artwork Details

Free Trade Wharf
1877
James Abbott McNeill Whistler
etching and drypoint, printed in black ink on laid paper
8 1/16 in. x 11 3/4 in. ( 20.5 cm x 29.9 cm )
Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker
1954/1.364

Description

Subject Matter:

In the later 1870s, Whistler revisited subjects of the docks and wharves along the Pool of London; his etchings of such views in the "Thames Set" had been very popular. This site along the Thames is seen from Limehouse, on the right is the Free Trade Wharf in Ratcliffe.

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.

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