← Whistler, James McNeill

This is a carved copper plate showing a busy street scene viewed from above. The street is lined with tall buildings, and people and horse-drawn carriages are visible on the street below. The street narrows as it recedes into the distance, with a line of buildings where it ends. The sky above the scene is clear, except for faint grid lines that run across the whole scene. The edges of the plate are tinged in purple, teal, and white.

St. James's Street

Whistler, James McNeill · American

1878

Medium
etched and cancelled copper plate
Classification
Technical Material
Period
1876 to 1900
Image size
4232 × 7536px

Description

This is a carved copper plate showing a busy street scene viewed from above. The street is lined with tall buildings, and people and horse-drawn carriages are visible on the street below. The street narrows as it recedes into the distance, with a line of buildings where it ends. The sky above the scene is clear, except for faint grid lines that run across the whole scene. The edges of the plate are tinged in purple, teal, and white.

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Open access image from the National Gallery of Art, released under its open access program. Metadata via the NGA Open Data Program (CC0).

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