Art, literature & historyTwo Ships
1875
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Medium
- Etching and drypoint with foul biting in black ink on ivory Japanese paper
- Dimensions
- Plate: 20.7 × 13.3 cm (8 3/16 × 5 1/4 in.); Sheet: 33.8 × 23.4 cm (13 5/16 × 9 1/4 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1927.5950
- Attribution
- By the artist
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
About this artwork
Two Ships — James Abbott McNeill Whistler. 1875.
Medium: Etching and drypoint with foul biting in black ink on ivory Japanese paper. Dimensions: Plate: 20.7 × 13.3 cm (8 3/16 × 5 1/4 in.); Sheet: 33.8 × 23.4 cm (13 5/16 × 9 1/4 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.