1861
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Millbank is a 1861 ink by James McNeill Whistler, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows a busy dockside scene with stacked piles of wood and tall posts in the foreground. A few people walk or stand nearby, dressed in simple clothes. In the background, there’s a row of buildings, a church steeple, and a small boat on the water. The artist used fine lines and shading to show texture, especially in the woodpiles. The title *Millbank* suggests this is a real place, but the drawing feels more like a quick study than a detailed map. Want to see how this artist used light and shadow? Look up etching.
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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