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Eagle Wharf

James Abbott McNeill Whistler

American Art

MEDIUM Etching
DATES 1859
DIMENSIONS Sheet: 8 7/8 x 13 5/16 in. (22.5 x 33.8 cm) Image: 5 7/16 x 8 7/16 in. (13.8 x 21.4 cm)
SIGNATURE Etched at lower center: "Whistler. / 1859."
INSCRIPTIONS Inscribed in pencil at lower left of sheet: "15. Brilliant and very [arty?] impression - printed by Delatro / S. H." and below in different hand "One of sixteen plates destroyed"
COLLECTIONS American Art
ACCESSION NUMBER 62.110.5
CREDIT LINE Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Frank L. Babbott, Jr.
MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
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