The Lime-Burner, from A Series of Sixteen Etchings of Scenes on the Thames and Other Subjects
James Abbott McNeill Whistler, The Lime-Burner, from A Series of Sixteen Etchings of Scenes on the Thames and Other Subjects, 1859, etching and drypoint on cream laid paper, Bequest of Winslow B. Ayer, public domain, 35.95
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- Title
The Lime-Burner, from A Series of Sixteen Etchings of Scenes on the Thames and Other Subjects
- Related Titles
display title: The Lime-Burner
series (original language): Thames Set
- 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 55
- Dimensions (H x W x D)
plate: 9 15/16 in x 6 15/16 in; sheet: 11 1/4 in x 8 in
- Inscriptions & Markings
numbered: 35.95, graphite [in another hand], bottom right
signature: Whistler // 1859, printed, lower right in image
- Collection Area
Graphic Arts
- Category
Prints
- Object Type
intaglio print
- Culture
American
- Credit Line
Bequest of Winslow B. Ayer
- Accession Number
35.95
- Copyright
public domain
- Terms
Whistler often used doorways to construct highly sophisticated compositions of alternating light and dark. The wide portal of the warehouse frames the scene, drawing the eye deeper into the setting. A freely sketched figure, bathed in light from an overhead shaft, leans against a ladder, while behind him another figure gazes out on the busy wharf.
Other examples of this framing device can be found in Whistler's Rag Pickers, Quartier Mouffetard, Paris, and The Traghetto #2 [see Related Artworks], as well as in the work of his followers.
- Exhibitions
2002 Setting the Scene: Interior Portland Art Museum
2017 The Etchings of Whistler and His Circle Portland Art Museum
