1860
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Rotherhithe is a 1860 ink by James McNeill Whistler, a Impressionism work, depicting Harbor, held at National Gallery of Art.
This etching shows a quiet dock scene at Rotherhithe, a London neighborhood. Thin lines make up the buildings and boats. The paper has a soft, woven look. Whistler used two techniques here: etching and drypoint. With drypoint, he scratched lines into the metal plate, which made fuzzy edges. The result feels both sharp and dreamy. Try looking up Whistler, James McNeill next.
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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