James McNeill Whistler

York Street, Westminster

1888 · Etching and drypoint with foul biting in black ink on ivory laid paper · Image, trimmed within platemark: 12.7 × 21.6 cm (5 × 8 9/16 in.); Sheet: 13 × 21.6 cm (5 1/8 × 8 9/16 in.)

York Street, Westminster, Whistler, 1888
Art Institute of Chicago

Whistler, York Street, Westminster, 1888. Etching and drypoint with foul biting in black ink on ivory laid paper.

The Art Institute of Chicago · Bequest of Bryan Lathrop

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