Black Lion Wharf

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

James McNeill Whistler

Title

Black Lion Wharf

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

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1859

Medium

Etching with foul biting in black ink on cream Japanese paper

Dimensions

Plate: 15.2 × 22.8 cm (6 × 9 in.); Sheet, approx: 18 × 25 cm (7 1/8 × 9 7/8 in.)

Credit Line

The Art Institute of Chicago

Reference Number

RX20769/339

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