Longshore Men

1859

Dating: Exact year
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Etching and drypoint; fourth state of four (Glasgow); black ink on medium weight ivory laid paper
Dimensions: Plate: 6 x 8 13/16 in. (15.2 x 22.4 cm) Sheet: 8 3/16 × 11 5/16 in. (20.8 × 28.8 cm)
Collection no.: 17.21.72
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: CC0 1.0License details

James Abbott McNeill Whistler. Longshore Men. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

Longshore Men — James Abbott McNeill Whistler. 1859.

Medium: Etching and drypoint; fourth state of four (Glasgow); black ink on medium weight ivory laid paper. Dimensions: Plate: 6 x 8 13/16 in. (15.2 x 22.4 cm) Sheet: 8 3/16 × 11 5/16 in. (20.8 × 28.8 cm).

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

Credit line: Gift of David Keppel, 1917.

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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