W. Jones, Lime-Burner, Thames Street

James Abbot McNeill Whistler (1834–1903)

Signed and dated “1859”

Etching and drypoint, printed in black ink on thin japan paper

9 7/8 x 7 inches (25.2 x 17.7 cm); sheet 13 1/2 x 10 inches (34.5 x 25.3 cm)

This is the second (final) state, aside from the edition published in A Series of Sixteen Etchings of Scenes on the Thames and Other Subjects, (the Thames Set) published by Ellis & Green in 1871.

Source: Whistler on the Thames.

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