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Millbank, from ‘Sixteen Etchings,’ or the ‘Thames Set’

James Abbott McNeill Whistler

Artwork Details

Millbank, from ‘Sixteen Etchings,’ or the ‘Thames Set’
1861
James Abbott McNeill Whistler
etching and drypoint, printed in black ink on medium-weight tan laid paper
11 15/16 x 8 13/16 in. (30.3 x 22.3 cm)
Museum purchase made possible by the Margaret Watson Parker Art Collection Fund
1998/2.13

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Description

Subject Matter:

The view Whistler has chosen is of Millbank in London and the asymetrical composition shows Whistler's debt to Japanese art. The inscription indicates that this image was used to advertise the first public showing of the "Thames Set" in 1861.

Physical Description:

An expansive riverscape moves across the middle of the image, from left to right. On the near bank are pilings and a retaining wall while on the opposite bank are factories and other buildings. In the foreground, two men stand on the embankment near the waterline; another man stands at the back of a boat or barge in the lower left corner.

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