Billingsgate
artist
James McNeill Whistler
(American, 1834 - 1903)
Date1859
Place MadeEngland, Europe
MediumEtching and drypoint on Japanese gampi paper
Dimensions15.2 x 22.5 cm (6 x 8 7/8 in.)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession number2.3.r.82
eMuseum ID725998
EmbARK ObjectID14016
Original Number2.1.r.66
TMS Source ID2850
Last Updated10/3/24
Status
Not on viewWeb CommentaryIsabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.
BibliographyNotesRalph Thomas. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Etchings and Drypoints of James Abbott MacNeil Whistler (London, 1874), no. 34.
Frederick Wedmore. Whistler's Etchings: a Study and a Catalogue (London, 1899), p. 34, no. 45
Howard Mansfield. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Etchings and Dry-Points of James Abbott McNeill Whistler (Chicago, 1909), pp. 29-31, no. 46.
Edward G. Kennedy. The Etched Work of Whistler (New York, 1910), pp. 17-18, no. 47.
P. & D. Colnaghi & Co. An Exhibition of Etchings, Dry Points & Lithographs by James McNeill Whistler (London, 16 November - 10 December 1971). p. 11, no. 37.
Katharine A. Lochnan. The Etchings of James McNeill Whistler. Exh. cat. (New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1984; Toronto: The Art Gallery of Ontario, 1985), pp. 83, 176, 278, no. 50.
Margaret F. MacDonald et al. "Billingsgate." James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonné (University of Glasgow, 2012), no. 51, accessed 15 June 2016. http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk/catalogue/
Ellen Promise, "Conserving the Works on Paper of the Short Gallery," Inside the Collection (blog), Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 5 April 2022, https://www.gardnermuseum.org/blog/conserving-works-paper-short-gallery
Frederick Wedmore. Whistler's Etchings: a Study and a Catalogue (London, 1899), p. 34, no. 45
Howard Mansfield. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Etchings and Dry-Points of James Abbott McNeill Whistler (Chicago, 1909), pp. 29-31, no. 46.
Edward G. Kennedy. The Etched Work of Whistler (New York, 1910), pp. 17-18, no. 47.
P. & D. Colnaghi & Co. An Exhibition of Etchings, Dry Points & Lithographs by James McNeill Whistler (London, 16 November - 10 December 1971). p. 11, no. 37.
Katharine A. Lochnan. The Etchings of James McNeill Whistler. Exh. cat. (New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1984; Toronto: The Art Gallery of Ontario, 1985), pp. 83, 176, 278, no. 50.
Margaret F. MacDonald et al. "Billingsgate." James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonné (University of Glasgow, 2012), no. 51, accessed 15 June 2016. http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk/catalogue/
Ellen Promise, "Conserving the Works on Paper of the Short Gallery," Inside the Collection (blog), Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 5 April 2022, https://www.gardnermuseum.org/blog/conserving-works-paper-short-gallery
MarksNotesSigned in plate (lower right): Whistler. 1859.
Numbered in graphite (verso): 038152
Numbered in graphite (verso): 038152
ProvenanceNotesEntered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection at an unknown date.
