Art, literature & history
Billingsgate
1859
- Dating
- Exact year
- Medium
- Etching and drypoint, printed in black ink on modern cream colored medium weight laid paper; eighth state of nine (Glasgow), probably as published in "The Portfolio" in 1878
- Dimensions
- plate: 6 x 8 7/8 in. (15.2 x 22.5 cm) sheet: 10 1/8 x 13 7/8 in. (25.7 x 35.2 cm)
- Collection no.
- 17.3.41
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
James Abbott McNeill Whistler. Billingsgate. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
About this artwork
Billingsgate — James Abbott McNeill Whistler. 1859.
Medium: Etching and drypoint, printed in black ink on modern cream colored medium weight laid paper; eighth state of nine (Glasgow), probably as published in "The Portfolio" in 1878. Dimensions: plate: 6 x 8 7/8 in. (15.2 x 22.5 cm) sheet: 10 1/8 x 13 7/8 in. (25.7 x 35.2 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.