About the Artwork
Thames Police
1859
James Abbott McNeill Whistler
1834 - 1903
American
Unknown
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)
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Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Bequest of Hal H. Smith
45.408
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Markings
Signed and date in plate, lower right: Whistler 1859
Dated in plate, lower right: 1859
Watermark, center of sheet: beehive, with 'DED[B]' (De Erven de Blauw) enclosed in scrollwork
Provenance
1945-present, bequest to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Credit Line for Reproduction
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.
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