Black Lion Wharf, from A Series of Sixteen Etchings of Scenes on the Thames (the "Thames Set")

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FROM THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO’S CATALOG

This etching is the framed print seen on the back wall of Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1 , though its identification would only have been possible for those intimately familiar with Whistler’s printed oeuvre. It is believed that Whistler did indeed have a framed impression of this work installed in his house in London on Lindsey Row, where his mother sat for him. It therefore serves as a reference to the space itself, the artist’s studio, as well as his early acclaim in the field of printmaking.

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