1859
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Billingsgate is a 1859 ink by James McNeill Whistler, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
You see a busy harbor scene in black and white. Boats crowd the water. A stairway leads up to buildings. People and animals move around. Whistler used fine lines to show light and shadow. The print shows London’s Billingsgate fish market at night. It’s not just a place. It captures the noise and smell in just scratches on metal. See more like this by looking up Whistler, James McNeill.
James Abbott McNeill Whistler was an American painter in oils and watercolor, and printmaker, active during the American Gilded Age and based primarily in the United Kingdom.
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