Art, literature & history
Free Trade Wharf
1877
- Dating
- Exact year
- Medium
- Etching and drypoint, printed in black ink on fine ivory Japan; fourth state of eight (Glasgow) as published by the Fine Art Society
- Dimensions
- Plate: 3 7/8 x 7 3/8 in. (9.8 x 18.7 cm) Sheet: 7 15/16 in. × 11 in. (20.2 × 27.9 cm)
- Collection no.
- 17.3.72
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
James Abbott McNeill Whistler. Free Trade Wharf. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
About this artwork
Free Trade Wharf — James Abbott McNeill Whistler. 1877.
Medium: Etching and drypoint, printed in black ink on fine ivory Japan; fourth state of eight (Glasgow) as published by the Fine Art Society. Dimensions: Plate: 3 7/8 x 7 3/8 in. (9.8 x 18.7 cm) Sheet: 7 15/16 in. × 11 in. (20.2 × 27.9 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.