Millbank, 1861, Etching and drypoint; fifth state of five; printed in black ink on ivory laid Japan, Plate: 3 7/8 × 4 15/16 in. (9.8 × 12.6 cm), Prints, James McNeill Whistler (American, Lowell, Massachusetts 1834–1903 London), Sharply receding mooring posts and a high embankment at right direct our eye toward distant warehouses and a church in Lambeth, on the south bank of the Thames. This effect, together with the cropped form of a massive barge at lower left, and spatial leaps in the foreground, echo devices found in Japanese woodblock prints
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Millbank, 1861, Etching, drypoint, fifth state, five, printed, black ink, ivory laid Japan, Plate, 3 7/8, 4 15/16, 9.8, 12.6 cm, Prints, James McNeill Whistler, American, Lowell, Massachusetts, 1834–1903, London, Sharply receding, mooring, posts, high embankment, right direct, our, eye, distant warehouses, church, Lambeth, south bank, Thames, effect, together, cropped form, massive barge, lower left, spatial leaps, foreground, echo devices, Japanese woodblock, prints
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