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National Gallery of Art

10,104 works

Etching of a crowded river waterfront with warehouses, masted sailing ships, rowing boats and workers on the water.

Thames Warehouses

James McNeill Whistler, 1859

Etching of a harbor with moored barges, a seated boatman, tall masts, and riverside warehouses under a pale sky.

The Pool

James McNeill Whistler, 1859

Etching of Paris's Isle de la Cité with stone bridges over the Seine, an iron footbridge, and figures and carts on the quay.

Isle de la Cité, Paris

James McNeill Whistler, 1859

Etching of a crowded harbor with many masts and rowboats, and a foreground crowd of people in top hats and bonnets.

The Penny Boat

James McNeill Whistler, 1859

Etching of steamboats and masts moored on a misty harbor, with two people in a rowboat in the foreground.

Steamboats off the Tower

James McNeill Whistler, 1875

Etching of a riverside factory with smokestacks, a barge and rowers on the water, and a bridge at right.

Price's Candle-Works

James McNeill Whistler, c. 1875

Etching of a misty riverside skyline with factory chimneys and moored rowboats on calm water.

Battersea: Dawn

James McNeill Whistler, 1875

Etching of fishing boats and tall masts drawn up on a shore, with a cliff and sheds behind them.

Fishing Boats, Hastings

James McNeill Whistler, 1877

Etching of moored sailing barges with tall masts beside a quay, buildings on the left, and smoky sky over calm water.

From Pickle-Herring Stairs

James McNeill Whistler, c. 1878

Etching of a Chelsea riverside with moored sailing barges, a rowboat on mud, and old gabled houses and a pub.

The 'Adam and Eve', Old Chelsea

James McNeill Whistler, 1878

Etching of Venice's skyline across a calm lagoon, with gondolas, mooring posts, church towers and a sailing ship.

Little Venice

James McNeill Whistler, 1880

Etching of a misty harbor with a sailing ship, domed buildings and a tall tower reflected in still water.

Nocturne

James McNeill Whistler, 1879/1880

Etching of a dark archway with leafy branches, a glowing interior, seated figures at a table, and a woman with a child.

The Traghetto, No.II

James McNeill Whistler, 1879/1880

Etching of two arched doorways on a Venetian canal, with a gondola and bridge in the distance.

Two Doorways

James McNeill Whistler, c. 1879/1880

Etching of a cluttered wheelwright workshop with timber beams, a wagon wheel, and workers at their tasks.

Wheelwright

James McNeill Whistler, 1879/1880

Etching of a rustic thatched smithy interior with windows, workbenches, scattered tools, and figures at work.

The Smithy

James McNeill Whistler, c. 1880

Etching of sailing boats with tall masts on a calm river, with a distant town skyline and trees along the far shore.

Dordrecht

James McNeill Whistler, 1884

Etching of a standing woman in a hood beside a dark cottage doorway, with a seated child and a window at upper right.

Cottage Door

James McNeill Whistler, c. 1884/1886

Etching of children gathered at a shop doorway beside shelves of jars and pots, by James McNeill Whistler, 1887.

The Village Sweet-Shop

James McNeill Whistler, 1887

Etching of Saint James's Park with trees, horse-drawn carriages and strolling pedestrians in loose linework.

Saint James's Park

James McNeill Whistler, c. 1884/1886

Pen sketch of an old-clothes shop interior with garments hanging on the left, shelves below, and a figure in a dark doorway.

Old-Clothes Shop, No.I

James McNeill Whistler, c. 1884/1886

Etching of a cluttered old-clothes shop interior with hanging garments, figures near a doorway, and children at left.

Old-Clothes Shop, No.II

James McNeill Whistler, c. 1884/1886

Pen sketch of a Chelsea street with a dark doorway at the top of stone steps and several figures walking nearby.

Little Steps, Chelsea

James McNeill Whistler, c. 1884/1886

Etched street scene of a busy shop front with a crowd of figures along a row of Chelsea buildings and awnings.

The Fish-Shop, Busy Chelsea

James McNeill Whistler, 1887

Etching of a fruit and potato shop under a striped awning, with a sign reading J.H. Woods and figures near the stall.

Woods's Fruit Shop

James McNeill Whistler, c. 1886/1888

Etching of a London street with shopfronts, a shop sign reading GEISHER, house numbers 73 and 74, and small figures on the pa

York Street, Westminster

James McNeill Whistler, c. 1886/1888

Etching of a city street with shopfronts, a barber's sign, a gas lamp and small groups of pedestrians.

The Barber's

James McNeill Whistler, c. 1886/1888

Etching of a rag shop front with hanging cloth, a dark doorway, and small figures including a seated child on the street.

Rag-Shop, Milman's Row

James McNeill Whistler, c. 1886/1888

Etching of a Chelsea street with a shopfront, iron railings, and women and children on the pavement.

Justice Walk - Chelsea

James McNeill Whistler, c. 1886/1888

Etching of a Chelsea street with shopfronts, bird cages in windows, small pedestrians, and a horse and cart at right.

Bird-Cages Chelsea

James McNeill Whistler, c. 1886/1888