James McNeill Whistler

High Street, Brussels

1887 · Etching with foul biting in black ink on ivory laid paper · Image, trimmed within platemark: 12.6 × 17.8 cm (5 × 7 1/16 in.); Sheet: 12.9 × 17.8 cm (5 1/8 × 7 1/16 in.)

High Street, Brussels, Whistler, 1887
Art Institute of Chicago

Whistler, High Street, Brussels, 1887. Etching with foul biting in black ink on ivory laid paper.

The Art Institute of Chicago · John H. Wrenn Memorial Collection

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