James McNeill Whistler

Wych Street, London

1877 · Etching with foul biting in black ink on ivory laid paper · Plate: 21.4 × 13.8 cm (8 7/16 × 5 7/16 in.); Sheet: 23.2 × 15.6 cm (9 3/16 × 6 3/16 in.)

Wych Street, London, Whistler, 1877
Art Institute of Chicago

Whistler, Wych Street, London, 1877. Etching with foul biting in black ink on ivory laid paper.

The Art Institute of Chicago · Bryan Lathrop Collection

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