James McNeill Whistler 1834-1903
Penny Passengers, Limehouse, 1860
signed in pencil with a butterfly and inscribed 'imp', printed in black ink on laid paper, trimmed at the platemark, leaving a signature tab
etching and drypoint
an impression in the second (final) state, one of only six recorded
3 ¼ x 8 ⅛ inches
Further images
Provenance
Otto Gerstenberg, stamp verso [Lugt 2785]Exhibitions
The Fine Art Society, London and C.G. Boerner, New York, James McNeill Whistler Prints, 2016, no.25Literature
Margaret F. MacDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock, James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonné (Glasgow, 2011) on-line website at http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk, no.711
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