Longshoremen
James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Longshoremen, 1859, etching and drypoint on cream laid paper, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Shrewsbury, public domain, 82.84.11
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- Title
Longshoremen
- Artist
James Abbott McNeill Whistler (American, active England and France, 1834-1903)
- Date
1859
- Medium
etching and drypoint on cream laid paper
- Catalogue Raisonné
Glasgow 52
- Dimensions (H x W x D)
plate: 6 in x 8 9/16 in; sheet: 7 3/4 in x 11 15/16 in
- Inscriptions & Markings
signature; date: Whistler - 1859., printed, lower right in plate
- Collection Area
Graphic Arts
- Category
Prints
- Object Type
intaglio print
- Culture
American
- Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Shrewsbury
- Accession Number
82.84.11
- Copyright
public domain
- Terms
While working on his "Thames Set" in 1859, Whistler took lodgings in the Wapping area, the likely setting for this pub or inn. At the time, longshoremen had a reputation as anarchists, forming a society unto themselves that was above the law. Yet Whistler depicts the four men and woman with a baby in a sympathetic manner. Only the direct stare and assured pose of the man at center hints at confrontation.
- Exhibitions
2017 The Etchings of Whistler and His Circle Portland Art Museum
