File:Billingsgate, 1859 RMG PW5493.tiff
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English: Billingsgate, 1859 For many centuries Billingsgate was the main wharf for the mooring of fishing vessels and landing their cargoes. Billingsgate was the site of a fish market on the north bank of the river between the London Bridge, seen in the background, and the Thames Tunnel. Corn, malt, salt and fish were landed as early as the 13th century. The local Billingsgate Market was especially famous for fish, as well as the bad language used by some fishmongers. Because the composition was not reversed on the copper plate, it appears the wrong way around in the printed etching. This was one of the plates in 'A Series of Sixteen Etchings on the Thames', produced by Whistler and published in 1871. He etched the plates for these prints after he moved to Wapping in 1859. He worked directly with his subjects and, by doing so, succeeded in highlighting the existence of a working-class maritime community in London. The work is signed and dated ‘Whistler. 1859’, lower right. |
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| Date | 1859 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | Sheet: 192 x 264 mm; Mount: 405 mm x 556 mm | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Notes | Box Title: 20.6 1886 Isabey lithographs; 20.4 1903 Whistler etchings. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Source/Photographer | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/100320 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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The original artefact or artwork has been assessed as public domain by age, and faithful reproductions of the two dimensional work are also public domain. No permission is required for reuse for any purpose. The text of this image record has been derived from the Royal Museums Greenwich catalogue and image metadata. Individual data and facts such as date, author and title are not copyrightable, but reuse of longer descriptive text from the catalogue may not be considered fair use. Reuse of the text must be attributed to the "National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London" and a Creative Commons CC-BY-NC-SA-3.0 license may apply if not rewritten. Refer to Royal Museums Greenwich copyright. |
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| Identifier | Acquisition Number: PR1952-79 id number: PAF5493 |
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| Collection | Fine art | ||||||||||||||||||||
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