Accession Number
1954/1.360

Title
Shipbuilder's Yard

Artist(s)
James Abbott McNeill Whistler

Artist Nationality
American (North American)

Object Creation Date
1875

Medium & Support
drypoint, printed in black ink on old laid paper

Dimensions
12 15/16 in. x 8 1/16 in. ( 32.8 cm x 20.4 cm )

Credit Line
Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker

Subject matter
Whistler frequented the docks and wharves of London's commercial districts. This impression is in unrecorded state between the second and third states in Kennedy's catalogue raisonné.

Physical Description
A tall post to the right of center bisects the composition. Adjacent, to the right, is scaffolding and a platform. In the foreground, a figure of a standing man has been erased from the plate. The foreground is at the water's edge, while in the distance, at the horizon, are the masts of ships and smoke coming from a chimney, to the right of the tall post.

Primary Object Classification
Print

Collection Area
Western

Rights
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Keywords
boats
buildings
rivers
ships
shipyards
yards