Accession Number
1998/2.13

Title
Millbank, from 'Sixteen Etchings,' or the 'Thames Set'

Artist(s)
James Abbott McNeill Whistler

Artist Nationality
American (North American)

Object Creation Date
1861

Medium & Support
etching and drypoint, printed in black ink on medium-weight tan laid paper

Dimensions
11 15/16 x 8 13/16 in. (30.3 x 22.3 cm)

Credit Line
Museum purchase made possible by the Margaret Watson Parker Art Collection Fund

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.

Primary Object Classification
Print

Collection Area
Western

Rights
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Keywords
Cityscapes
Figures
buildings
docks
ships
water