James Abbott McNeill Whistler, The Fishing Boat, etching and drypoint, 1879-80, James McNeill Whistler

The fishing boat, etching and drypoint, 1879-80, is an example from "a set of twenty-six etchings by james a. Mcn. Whistler," 1886. Medium: etching and drypoint, printed in dark brown ink on ivory laid paper; fourth state of six (glasgow). Dimensions: plate: 6 1/8 × 9 1/8 in. (15. 6 × 23. 1 cm) sheet: 7 5/8 x 9 3/8 in. (19. 4 x 23. 8 cm). Date: 1879.