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Eagle Wharf,

Alternative title(s): Tyzac, Whiteley & Co.

From the set of sixteen etchings, The Thames Set

Etching and drypoint on laid paper

Only state

Print impression quality: Excellent

Dimensions (Plate): 137 x 215 mm (5.4 x 8.5 in.)

Dimensions (Sheet): 163 x 241 mm (6.4 x 9.5 in.)

Signed in pencil, lower right: butterfly monogram and “imp”; signed in plate, lower center: “Whistler. 1859”

Watermark: Large crest with letters DE

Edition: From the set “A Series of Sixteen Etchings of Scenes on the Thames and Other Subjects,” known as “The Thames Set,” published 1871

Accession number: 1937.D1.48

Gift of George W. Davison (BA Wesleyan 1892), 1937

Provenance / Collectors' marks: George R. Webb (Lugt 1211)

Bibliography: Kennedy 41 i/i.

Work Type: print

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• London
• England
• marine views
• piers (marine landings)

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