Art, literature & history
Thames Police (Wapping Wharf)
1859
- Dating
- Exact year
- Medium
- Etching, printed in black ink on medium weight ivory laid paper; fifth state of five (Glasgow)
- Dimensions
- Plate: 5 7/8 × 8 7/8 in. (15 × 22.6 cm) Sheet: 9 1/4 × 14 1/2 in. (23.5 × 36.9 cm)
- Collection no.
- 17.3.37
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
James Abbott McNeill Whistler. Thames Police (Wapping Wharf). The Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
About this artwork
Thames Police (Wapping Wharf) — James Abbott McNeill Whistler. 1859.
Medium: Etching, printed in black ink on medium weight ivory laid paper; fifth state of five (Glasgow). Dimensions: Plate: 5 7/8 × 8 7/8 in. (15 × 22.6 cm) Sheet: 9 1/4 × 14 1/2 in. (23.5 × 36.9 cm).
Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
Credit line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 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.