The Fish Shop, Busy Chelsea (Fish Shop, Chelsea)

1886–87

Dating: Date range
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Etching; second state of two (Glasgow)
Dimensions: 5 3/8 x 8 7/16 in. (13.7 x 21.5 cm)
Collection no.: 2012.136.961
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: CC0 1.0License details

James Abbott McNeill Whistler. The Fish Shop, Busy Chelsea (Fish Shop, Chelsea). The Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

The Fish Shop, Busy Chelsea (Fish Shop, Chelsea) — James Abbott McNeill Whistler. 1886–87.

Medium: Etching; second state of two (Glasgow). Dimensions: 5 3/8 x 8 7/16 in. (13.7 x 21.5 cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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