1861
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
Millbank is a 1861 ink by James McNeill Whistler, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows a busy riverside scene with a dock full of stacked wood. Three people stand near the piles, and a lone figure walks along the edge of the water. In the background, buildings line the shore, and a small boat floats on the river. The artist used quick, sketchy lines to show light and shadow, focusing on texture—like the rough grain of the wood and the smooth water. This style was new at the time. Next, check out etching to see how artists like Whistler carved into metal plates to make prints.
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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