Art, literature & history
Black Lion Wharf
1859
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Medium
- Etching with foul biting in black ink on cream Japanese paper
- Dimensions
- Plate: 15.2 × 22.8 cm (6 × 9 in.); Sheet, approx: 18 × 25 cm (7 1/8 × 9 7/8 in.)
- Collection no.
- RX20769/339
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
James Abbott McNeill Whistler. Black Lion Wharf. Art Institute of Chicago. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
About this artwork
Black Lion Wharf — James Abbott McNeill Whistler. 1859.
Medium: Etching with foul biting in black ink on cream Japanese paper. Dimensions: Plate: 15.2 × 22.8 cm (6 × 9 in.); Sheet, approx: 18 × 25 cm (7 1/8 × 9 7/8 in.).
Collection record: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
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.