Thames Police, 1859

  • James Abbott McNeill Whistler, American, 1834 - 1903

Etching printed in black ink on laid paper

  • Plate: 6 × 9 inches (15.2 × 22.9 cm) Sheet: 6 7/8 × 9 7/8 inches (17.5 × 25.1 cm)

Bequest of Hal H. Smith

45.408

Signed and date in plate, lower right: Whistler 1859

Watermark, center of sheet: beehive, with 'DED[B]' (De Erven de Blauw) enclosed in scrollwork

Dated in plate, lower right: 1859

1945-present, bequest to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Thames Police, 1859, etching printed in black ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Bequest of Hal H. Smith, 45.408.