Lime Houses
This early twentieth-copy of an etching by James McNeil Whistler demonstrates his long-lived popularity. The artist's created the related print in London 1859 and ot was published in 1871 as part of the “Thames Set” (see MMA: 17.3.333). Slightly fuzzy lines here indicate an image that was transfered and re-etched, and its reproductive character is affirmed by the engraved title and signature below, and publisher’s name above.
Artwork Details
- Title: Lime Houses
- Publisher: Brown & Bigelow (American, founded 1896)
- Artist: after James McNeill Whistler (American, Lowell, Massachusetts 1834–1903 London)
- Date: 1920s
- Medium: Photogravure
- Dimensions: Plate: 5 13/16 × 9 1/8 in. (14.7 × 23.2 cm)
Sheet: 11 13/16 × 15 13/16 in. (30 × 40.2 cm) - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Gift of Dr. Marilyn Jenkins-Madina, in loving memory of her husband, Professor Maan Z. Madina, 2016
- Object Number: 2016.383.2
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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