The Thames

1896

Dating: Exact year
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Lithotint with scraping; third state of three (Chicago); printed in black ink on ivory laid paper
Dimensions: Image: 10 3/8 × 7 5/8 in. (26.4 × 19.3 cm) Sheet: 11 3/4 × 8 7/8 in. (29.8 × 22.5 cm)
Collection no.: 17.3.248
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: CC0 1.0License details

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

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

The Thames — James Abbott McNeill Whistler. 1896.

Medium: Lithotint with scraping; third state of three (Chicago); printed in black ink on ivory laid paper. Dimensions: Image: 10 3/8 × 7 5/8 in. (26.4 × 19.3 cm) Sheet: 11 3/4 × 8 7/8 in. (29.8 × 22.5 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.

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